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Gawande and Hope for Health Care Reform
Atul Gawande has an interesting article in the New Yorker about the current reform bills circulating through Congress. Like everything else Gawande has written, this piece is insightful, concise, and… more →
Number Needed to Treat
Cheaper Drugs, More Medicare: The Policy & Practice Podcast
wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user mcclouds The health reform battle slogged on last week, … more →
Gawande and Hope for Health Care Reform
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Atul Gawande has an interesting article in the New Yorker about the current reform bills circulating … more →
Pay me how?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: For all the forty-eight years I worked in the corporate world I was paid a salary. My salary was bas … more →
Hey, AMA: Deal or No Deal?
wrote 2 months ago: From a press briefing at the U.S. Capitol with AARP, the American Medical Association, the Military … more →
IMAC in Baucus bill will destroy Medicare: There will be no doctors
wrote 3 months ago: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/health_care_reform_battlegroun.html Scary article at Ame … more →
Sarah Palin, Meet Hippocrates
wrote 4 months ago: Palin on Obama's Death Panels As if you hadn’t heard, a gaggle of American conservatives is stri … more →
Employer-Sponsored & Other Health Plans, Business Associates Face Sept. 23 to Comply with New Data Breach Rules
wrote 4 months ago: Participate in September 9, 2009 “HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update” Employer and … more →
The cost of routine inpatient labs
wrote 4 months ago: Clinical Correlations has an excellent post on the cost involved in ordering routine labs for patien … more →
The Threat of Physician Burnout
wrote 5 months ago: Dr. Wes points to physician burnout as the biggest threat to health care reform and providing qualit … more →
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
wrote 6 months ago: Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebel … more →
You don't think starting salary affects specialty choice
wrote 6 months ago: Some of the latest figures for starting salaries for rookie physicians. I’d like to be altruis … more →
Physician Documentation and Coding: Are Doctors Prepared?
wrote 6 months ago: This abstract from the American Journal of Surgery entitled “Surgical residents’ knowledge of docume … more →
HHS secretary nominee says primary care docs need a raise
wrote 8 months ago: James Arvantes at AAFP News Now reports: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told a Senate committee last … more →
Time takes the entire nation to the doctor
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wrote 1 year ago: The December 1 issue of Time features an in-depth assessment of American’s health. I was very … more →
Will the Patient-Centered Medical Home save primary care?
wrote 1 year ago: Jaan Sidorov at the Disease Management Care Blog isn’t convinced: There are no surveys of what … more →
Reimbursement Rates Should Be Checked By Doctors: Money on the Table
wrote 1 year ago: For physicians, the nemesis in the practice is claims management–getting reimbursed at a reaso … more →
Primary care: Best for health but worth the least?
wrote 1 year ago: 30 September 2008 A radiologist earns twice as much as a primary care doctor on average, and radiolo … more →
Physician's Job Description
wrote 1 year ago: Maybe just a tad pessimistic, but not too unrealistic. Idealistic Generation X/Y overachievers with … more →
Ear Wax and the Economics of Primary Care
wrote 1 year ago: Primary care is being squeezed out of different procedures by specialists. Placebo Journal puts out … more →
