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Study Finds Access To Doctors’ Notes Helps Patients Manage Their Health
Consumers are more likely to understand health issues and maintain medication schedules.The Wall Street Journal: Access To Doctors’ Notes Aids Patients’ TreatmentPatients who have access to doctor’s...
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Viewpoints: Cancer Doctors Reject ‘Phenomenally Expensive’ New Drug;...
The New York Times: In Cancer Care, Cost Matters At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, we recently made a decision that should have been a no-brainer: we are not going to give a phenomenally...
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CMS Raises Medicaid Rates For Some Doctors
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that, as a part of the health law, primary care and other physicians will see higher payments.Modern Healthcare: CMS Details Medicaid...
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Study Predicts Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Will Worsen
A study details the depth of the shortage of new primary-care doctors by 2025. The Hill: Study: US Faces Shortages Of 52,000 Doctors By 2025The United States will need about 52,000 new primary-care...
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Few New Doctors Choose Primary Care
Less than a quarter of new doctors are choosing primary care as their specialty, even after finishing residency programs focused on internal medicine, a new study reports.Reuters: Most Internists Don’t...
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UnitedHealth Report Examines How Doctors Get Paid
Minneapolis Star Tribune: UnitedHealth Looks At Doctors’ Pay For Medical SavingsA new report from UnitedHealth Group Inc. takes aim at the way U.S. doctors get paid, saying the nation could save up to...
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Doctors’ And Nurses’ Licenses Snagged By New Immigration Law In Georgia
This story is part of a reporting partnership that includes WABE, and Kaiser Health News.Hundreds of health care workers in Georgia are losing their licenses to practice because of a problem created...
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Shifting Health Care Landscape Changes How Doctors Practice, And For Whom
News from the health care marketplace includes changes in how doctors practice — they are increasingly seeing patients via webcam and working for insurers in insurer-run doctor offices.The Wall Street...
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