Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
FDA approves ‘updated boosters’ to fight COVID-19 omicron variants
Latest emergency use authorizations for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.
Physician burnout, depression, and suicide
All are important, with key differences
Solving physician burnout
Experts report on efforts to change the workplace and the culture of medicine
Monkeypox guidance from leading health organizations
Physicians need to know what to look for.
U.S. life expectancy: the top 13 states
NVSS data from 2020 shows 13 states with average life expectancy of at least 78 years.
Health care prices lagging behind inflation in overall economy
Spike in prices may be coming as food, gas, electricity, labor expenses all rise.
Health care jobs rebounding, but COVID-19 effects will linger for years
“Relatively recession-proof” sector tanked in spring 2020, but not as badly as overall economy, report says.
Moderna set to sue Pfizer, BioNTech for patent violations in COVID-19 vaccine
Company claims rivals copied proprietary mRNA technology to make shots.
Medicare leaders tout benefits coming through Inflation Reduction Act
Prescription drug prices, health insurance key factors in legislation.
U.S. life expectancy: the bottom seven states
NVSS data shows decrease in all 50 states based on 2020 figures.
Amazon Care, online giant’s primary care health service, to close at end of 2022
Change comes weeks after company announces acquisition of One Medical primary care practice.
Inflation, labor, health insurance expected to drive up costs in health care
KFF panel talks about economic effects as consumer prices soar.
California county, three health systems pay $70.7 million for Medicaid fraud
Justice Department: Federal health care money not a “blank check” to misuse.
U.S. life expectancy at birth drops to 77 years for 2020
All 50 states and D.C. post decrease, while women expected to outlive men overall.
Osteopathic medicine has ‘exponential growth’ in U.S. health care
Report documents increasing number of DO physicians, students.
Pfizer, BioNTech seek EUA for booster against COVID-19 Omicron variant
Novavax vaccine recommended for youths; FDA updates fact sheets on Paxlovid.
Primary care physicians have 26.7 hours of work per eight-hour shift
Study determines amount of time needed for guideline-based care.
Feds warn about social engineering in cyberattacks on physicians’ practices
HHS agency warns “vishing,” combining scam emails and phone calls, is on the rise.
Federal officials roll out plan for monkeypox vaccine production
Domestic production to begin at Michigan-based pharmaceutical maker.
Physicians, public health agencies exchanging more information electronically
Immunization data is the most traded as figures rose in 2019.
American life expectancy: the top 11 states
Nations around the globe outrank best states.
A message to primary care physicians
Ernest R. Gelb, DO, FACOFP, 126th president of the American Osteopathic Association, offers thanks to America’s primary care physicians.
Low American life expectancy: ‘Disappointing, but not surprising’
Mississippians live an average of 10 years less than residents of Japan.
Strengthening primary care: HHS asks for ideas, Commonwealth Fund answers
Money, payments, collaboration with public health and social services are among the suggestions.
Survey: 1 in 7 physicians use alcohol, drugs while on the job to cope with stress
Peer and family judgment, and possible license loss, deter some from seeking help.
Public money paid for majority of COVID-19 vaccine, therapeutic clinical trials
Study examines funding sources for 18 months of pandemic in 2020, 2021.
Meet Dr. Gelb
Ernest R. Gelb, DO, FACOFP, 126th president of the American Osteopathic Association, talks about his career and life as a small-town physician.
American life expectancy compared to non-EU countries
Residents of a dozen nations around the world spend less on healthcare, but outlive Americans.
CDC director announces restructuring of federal health agency: reports
Walensky rolls out plan to leaders, says pandemic performance “did not reliably meet expectations.”
President signs Inflation Reduction Act with health care provisions
Physicians groups, analysts, have praised insurance premium subsidies, Medicare drug cost caps.