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Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steam

More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts

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Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type

Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities

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Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals

"For them to take weeks -- up to months -- to provide an authorization is ridiculous"

Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?

The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets

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Kindness Doesn't Have a Billable Code

But it's a key part of patient care

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Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says

But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7%

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MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Clinicians

Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices

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Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy

Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say

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Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

Along with the punishing workload, pay is affecting the pipeline of primary care physicians

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States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs

Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states

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The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out

Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care

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To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase

Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal

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Risk, Value, and 'Doublethink' in Healthcare

The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry

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Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks

Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024

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'Money' Should Not Be a Bad Word in Medical Education

Physician understanding of the business of healthcare can better the system

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Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024

Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts

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HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providers

Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule

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How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Says

Automatic basic coverage plus an optional supplement is the answer, says MIT professor

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AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President

"We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld

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House Members Mull Bills to Cut Red Tape and Improve Docs' Medicare Pay

But Democrats say they weren't given enough input in many of the measures

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Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagree

"I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says

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Physicians, Here's How to Increase Your Pay

You can't realistically change specialties, but there are still ways to increase pay

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California Misinfo Law Is Dead

Repeal bill also strengthens consumer protections and raises doctors' license fees

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ABIM CEO Retirement Comes Amid Wave of Criticism

Richard Baron, MD, plans to step down as pushback against MOC grows

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Blue Shield of California Has Fix for MA Enrollees Worried About Co-Pays

An "underwriting holiday" doesn't require supplemental plan applicants to answer health questions

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States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations'

CMS officials flag problem with states' auto-renewal systems

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Flawed Rules in No Surprises Act Hurt Doctors and Patients, Experts Say

Some practices are fighting to keep afloat, while patients are losing access to care

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AI Has an Image Problem in Healthcare, Expert Says

Yes, it needs guardrails, but it also offers big opportunities, notes former Microsoft executive

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Flu-Like Symptoms, Then Amputation; Docs Charge for Emails; Wait List for Psilocybin

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CMS Facing Challenges Attracting Practices to Value-Based Payment Models

Specialty practices say the current models often don't work for them

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It Shouldn't Take Another Pandemic to Invest in Digital Health

We should expand, not restrict, the use of digital solutions

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CMS Announces New Dementia Care Model for Medicare Patients

Aims to provide more coordinated, ongoing care

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Docs Still Shifting Away From Private Practice, Survey Finds

Trend is "emblematic of the fiscal uncertainty and economic stress," AMA president says

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CMS Proposes Nearly 3.4% Cut in Medicare Physician Fees for 2024

Cut "raises significant concerns for medical groups," one organization says

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BMI Alone Falling Out of Favor as a Way to Assess Healthy Weight

Tool is still useful, but should be used in concert with other measures, experts suggest

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Should Hospitals Get Paid More Than Physician Practices for the Same Service?

Yes, because of their higher costs, said speakers at a hospital association event

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MACRA Gets Mixed Reviews at House Hearing

Despite good intentions, it hasn't solved Medicare's physician payment issues, experts say

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MedPAC Recommends Cutting Admin Fees Paid to Docs Under Part B Program

The goal is to make providers more sensitive to drug costs, says MedPAC's director

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AMA Declares Payment Reform an 'Urgent' Priority

Delegates to hold leaders accountable for progress

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How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients鈥� Options for Breast Reconstruction

Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery

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