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Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.

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Disparities in bystander CPR; MRSA infection outside hospitals; what we talk about when we talk about fasting – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
August 8th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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U.S. cancer screenings come with $43B annual price tag

Richard Payerchin
August 7th 2024

Figure based on 2021 data may be an underestimate, physician says.

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AI has trouble picturing physicians that aren’t White men

Richard Payerchin
August 7th 2024

'Striking' lack of diversity when researchers use artificial intelligence to generate images of doctors.

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Physicians can influence patient decisions on vaccines against flu, COVID-19, RSV

Richard Payerchin
Published: August 6th 2024 | Updated: August 6th 2024

CDC leaders remind doctors they are the front line clinicians to get shots in arms for fall respiratory illness season.

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Measuring patient safety – a slideshow

Richard Payerchin
August 6th 2024

Watchdog group praises CMS rule with ‘groundbreaking’ measures of patient safety in hospitals.

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Reasoning against physician-assisted suicide; helping healthy eating; bogus weight-loss drugs – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
August 6th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Trust in physicians, hospitals drops from COVID-19 pandemic to early 2024

Richard Payerchin
August 5th 2024

Continuing survey shows decline, but researchers say trust is a complex thing.

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‘We are really at a tipping point’ – On medical breakthroughs, drug prices, education, and keeping physicians’ offices open

Richard Payerchin
August 5th 2024

AAFP president weighs in on current issues in U.S. health care market.

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Women’s health scorecard; a surgical first; rising counts of measles – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
August 5th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Unemployment report for July shows 55K new health care jobs

Richard Payerchin
August 2nd 2024

Is the U.S. in early stages of recession? Reports cite economic indicator tied to jobless figures.

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Cancer risk in younger people; of hormones and bones; stress relievers you can do anywhere – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
August 2nd 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Physician associates to AMA: Quit 'tearing down' other health care providers

Richard Payerchin
August 1st 2024

American Academy of Physician Associates says patients face health care shortages as American Medical Association suppresses modernization efforts.

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Site-neutral payment, consolidation, noncompetes affect family medicine

Richard Payerchin
August 1st 2024

AAFP president weighs in on current issues in U.S. health care market.

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FDA prescription drug fees; booming ‘nonprofit’ hospitals; a primer on AI – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
August 1st 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Excellence in osteopathic tenets, leadership, solidarity – New AOA president outlines vision

Richard Payerchin
July 31st 2024

Teresa A. Hubka, DO, outlines her goals as leader of national organization.

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Primary care in crisis; updating asbestos research; inspiring others – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 31st 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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‘Just totally untenable for our practices’ – AAFP president discusses 2025 Medicare physician pay

Richard Payerchin
July 30th 2024

Doctors once again left behind as Medicare prepares to pay other health care entities more next year.

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Semaglutide appears to help diabetic patients also stop smoking

Richard Payerchin
July 30th 2024

Novo Nordisk says it is working to make more; FDA warns against too much of a good thing.

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New medical school; parents, children and diabetes; patient on the table, surgeon out the door? – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 30th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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‘The care was very unique and different’ – OB/GYN specialist takes the helm of AOA

Richard Payerchin
July 29th 2024

Getting to know Teresa A. Hubka, DO, new president of the American Osteopathic Association.

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A special anniversary; costs of Cuban medicine; herbs for immune system strength – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 29th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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FTC to host public discussion of pharmacy benefit manager report

Richard Payerchin
July 26th 2024

Open meeting to be held online Aug. 1; independent pharmacies, PBM trade group offer responses to federal reviews.

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Exercise with a heart condition; health care hacker busted; climate control in a hospital environment – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 26th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Experts ponder how U.S. Supreme Court ruling will affect health care law

Richard Payerchin
July 25th 2024

‘Chevron deference’ in legal interpretation falls in ruling expected to have far-reaching consequences across health care, other areas of governance.

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HHS reorganizes technology chiefs as health care data, cybersecurity, AI move beyond ‘cellulose, bricks, and mortar’

Richard Payerchin
July 25th 2024

‘HHS must be agile, accountable, and strategic to meet the needs of this moment,’ Secretary Becerra says.

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Creating a community of immunity; watching athletic performance; astromedicine expiration dates – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 25th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Federal judge upholds FTC’s national ban on noncompete agreements

Richard Payerchin
July 24th 2024

Pennsylvania ruling sides with Federal Trade Commission, but Texas case has ruled against ban set for Sept. 4.

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AI in health care safety; New Mexico open for business; HIV and cardiovascular risk – Morning Medical Update

Richard Payerchin
July 24th 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

Lawmakers slam PBMs for hurting patients, independent pharmacies

Lawmakers slam PBMs for hurting patients, independent pharmacies

Richard Payerchin
July 23rd 2024

Three largest pharmacy benefit manager executives testify in House Oversight Committee.

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PBMs under fire for high drug prices, undermining independent pharmacies, harming patients – a slideshow

Richard Payerchin
Published: July 23rd 2024 | Updated: July 23rd 2024

House Oversight Committee takes aim at pharmacy benefit managers.

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