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Value-based metrics gain ground in physician employment contracts
July 12, 2019
Of 70% of health care recruitment searches that offered a production bonus, 56% featured a bonus based at least in part on quality metrics, up from 43% in 2018.
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A third of serious malpractice claims due to diagnostic error
July 11, 2019
Diagnosis errors are a top cause for medical malpractice cases associated with patient death or permanent disability, an analysis finds.
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Some burnout factors are within a physician’s control
July 2, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Even in the face of daunting systemic factors, physicians can practice some important steps toward self-care.
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MedPAC to Congress: End “incident-to” billing
June 26, 2019
Access to care should not be affected by paying nurse practitioners and physician assistants 85% of the physician fee every time.
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Medicare may best Medicare Advantage at reducing readmissions
June 25, 2019
Editorialists provide reasons to exercise caution when interpreting the results.
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Patients concerned about clinician burnout
June 24, 2019
Survey results suggest caregivers “may be conveying signs of burnout to their patients without knowing it.”
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Residents are drowning in job offers – and debt
June 20, 2019
Young doctors are being recruited “like blue-chip athletes.”
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Benefits of Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs lacking
June 19, 2019
When employing an instrumental variable model, there was not an association with changes in total spending per beneficiary per quarter.
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Opioid prescriptions declined 33% over 5 years
June 7, 2019
The number of opioid prescriptions decreased 33% nationally from 2013 to 2018, according to the new report from the American Medical Association.
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Pilot program trains residents in telemedicine
May 13, 2019
WASHINGTON – Residents said their telephone visits allowed them to build rapport with patients.