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2017 Physician Writing Contest: Honorable Mention

IPAB was established in 2010 to cut Medicare spending if the program’s five-year growth rate rose faster than a target growth rate. Because IPAB could make those cuts without Congressional oversight, there is concern about how reductions in Medicare spending would affect its 57 million beneficiaries

Document, document and document some more.

Improved documentation and data can not only improve wellness, but also a practice’s value scores

The wrong malpractice coverage can cost physicians

President Donald Trump is trying to let Obamacare disintegrate on its own

Study shows that longer sleep duration was associated with reductions in several markers for type 2 diabetes.

Patients at high risk could be identified and targeted for intervention, resulting in the potential for high healthcare cost savings.

The devastation that hit the coast of Texas certainly qualifies as a time that tries men’s souls. However, at the same time, it is the heart and soul of your fellow man that may allow you to survive that acute devastation and to salvage hope for the future.

This problem represents yet one more example of CMS’ ill-advised attempts to dictate what transpires in the course of the doctor-patient encounter.

The telehealth boom begs the question: Will the expansion of hospital-based services wind up pulling patients-and revenue-away from primary care practices?

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), the new model for primary care in America, is changing the way physicians run their offices in a revolutionary way.

Often considered the social outcast of healthcare, behavioral health has long struggled to obtain legitimacy in the eyes of the general medical community. But with more than 60 million Americans effected every year from mental illness, something has to change.

A look at how doctors can get their patients to leave online reviews.

While there are some frustrating aspects of this documentary and assertions that shouldn’t be taken as fact, there are several other messages worth focusing on in this documentary.

From identifying alternative prescriptions covered at a lower cost by a patient’s plan to serving as an educator on disease management, pharmacists can play a huge role in aiding patient care.

The time has come that we fire those in Congress, government agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the insurance industry.

Using technology tools the right way can yield positive results

A Medicare change may effect billing

Medicare payment reform offers added incentives for making pharmacists part of a patient’s care delivery team.

For doctors, the price of prescription drugs used to be largely a medical concern: Patients wouldn’t get better if they couldn’t afford to fill their prescriptions. But with Medicare’s growing emphasis on value-based care, many physicians now also have a financial stake in ensuring that patients can pay for the medications they need.

Before investing in or becoming associated with any outside venture, it is critical to proactively identify and limit risks

Regulators are providing flexibility when it comes to system upgrades, but functionality questions remain

2017 Physician Writing Contest: Honorable Mention

Experts are skeptical that deregulating state insurance markets will lead to less costly plans and better coverage

It's fair-right?

One in four Americans has multiple chronic conditions according to the CDC.

Teens want and need physicians to reach out and give them responsibility when it comes to managing vaccination, according to a new report.

States requiring students to get certain vaccinations before middle school have lower disease incidences and higher compliance rates, a new report finds.

We, the people, must have an open debate and come to resolution on healthcare: Is it a right or a privilege?