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How to mitigate or prevent public discipline by a medical board.

Legislation that would speed up treatment reviews is piling up. Will Congress or CMS act first?

Doctors largely oppose noncompetes, hospitals and other employers favor them

American Telemedicine Association convenes panel to discuss health services for an aging population.

Four physicians convicted of selling drugs out of Tennessee clinics

Discontent growing over program’s time, monetary requirements

Food is up, gas is down, health care has mixed results in latest Consumer Price Index.

Lawmakers say they are ‘alarmed’ as hospitals get $28 billion in tax breaks, but millions of Americans struggle with medical debt.

International medical graduates can help both patients and doctors

Industry analyst reviews cybersecurity for first half of the year, and the results aren’t good.

Fears that attacks on government, academia, and manufacturing will spread to health care.

Study finds them overrepresented in academic fields with highest salaries

Senators, representatives, health groups endorse the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act.

U.S. Department of Justice claims first conviction by jury trial for pandemic fraud charges.

Plaintiffs say algorithm enables denials without physician review

Patients have limits as to what they are willing to give up in order to secure the long-term sustainability of Medicare

Employers and patients need access to these actual health plan rates to know what they are expected to pay.

Check out our exclusive and latest physician survey data.

Medicare data offer a snapshot of health care workforce in recent years.

Patients need ‘timely and high-quality care,’ not ‘bureaucratic red tape,’ lawmakers say.

Private equity firms and insurance companies are encroaching on health care

Feds announce separate cases involving billing for services doctors did not perform.

Malpractice insurance rates for physicians can vary widely based on a number of influences, including specialty, location and claims history. Therefore, it’s challenging to provide a definitive answer regarding whether rates are rising, falling or staying the same.

Unless you are an all-cash pay practice, all your Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and claims are tracked, and it doesn’t matter whether you are large or small. If you fall outside the bell curve, you’re at risk.

If proposals aren’t sorted out, PA problems will get worse, not better, according to medical organizations.