After State Lawsuit, Health System Erases or Refunds $158M in Medical Bills Announcement by Providence health system comes weeks before trial Feb 02, 2024
Medicare Sends Initial Price Negotiation Bids to Drugmakers Manufacturers of 10 drugs have 30 days to accept or make a counter-offer Feb 01, 2024
Doctors Warn Patients May Be Billed Twice Bringing up concerns outside the main scope of the visit could prompt separate bills Jan 30, 2024
CMS Focusing on Better Aligning Quality Measures, Adding New ACO Models Clinicians shouldn't have to navigate hundreds of different measures, Medicare director says Jan 30, 2024
Telehealth Option Increased IBD Clinic's Patient Retention More than 60% of patients had return IBD care delivered via telehealth Jan 30, 2024
Some 'Choosing Wisely' Recs Protect Older Folks From Low-Value Care Study looked at how three recommendations changed primary care decisions Jan 29, 2024
Care Coordination and Other Opportunities for Improvement You want me to fill out a paper form even though we're on the same EHR system? I don't think so. Jan 29, 2024
Science Sleuths Use Tech to Find Fakery and Plagiarism in Published Research These individuals are keeping researchers and science journals on their toes Jan 29, 2024
Hacking of Docs' Rx Accounts Led to Bonanza of Illegal Pills, Prosecutors Say Drugs allegedly picked up in multiple states and resold online Jan 27, 2024
Value-Based Care: Filling Critical Gaps in Care and Clinician Leadership One Chicago health plan has come up with a unique program for doctors just starting out Jan 26, 2024
Physician Summits World's Seven Highest Mountains -- And You Can Join Him Thousands of HCPs have earned CME credits while on an adventure with Ben Mattingly, MD Jan 25, 2024
Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage? MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs Jan 25, 2024
AI Diagnoses Deadly Disease; Radiology's New AI Guidance; WHO Tackles LMMs A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Jan 25, 2024
Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitals Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice Jan 24, 2024
Is Adding an AI Readout to Mammography Worth It? Women would have to pay out-of-pocket, as reimbursement is a long way off Jan 24, 2024
Can We Please Stop Pushing the Paperwork Rock Uphill? Let's develop paperless systems that make our lives easier and allow us to focus on patient care Jan 22, 2024
The Truth About What Health Information Exchanges Can and Cannot Do They have the potential to be an incredible tool, but improvements are needed Jan 21, 2024
Q&A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBene The Washington congresswoman also discusses home dialysis, Medicare cuts Jan 19, 2024
Could AI Put Clinical Knowledge at Risk? Viewpoint warns relying on AI for basic tasks may undermine physicians' skill sets Jan 19, 2024
$300K Fine for Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines In 2019, New York ended a religious exemption for school vaccination requirements Jan 18, 2024
FDA Clears AI-Powered Non-Invasive Skin Cancer Detector Intended for use in primary care, handheld device is first of its kind Jan 17, 2024
CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses Jan 17, 2024
Is Burnout Destroying Emergency Medicine? It doesn't have to: here are four unique ways to address the issue Jan 17, 2024
Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Say Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries Jan 16, 2024
Would You Switch a Patient's Medication If You Knew the Cost? Optimizing price estimate alert design and logic should be a priority Jan 13, 2024
Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steam More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts Jan 09, 2024
Our Healthcare Data Infrastructure Is Abysmal A critical lesson from the COVID-19 crisis Jan 09, 2024
Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
Getting Back the Time We Lost If you want the paperwork done, at least give us the resources to do it Jan 08, 2024
Collaboration Between Local Oncologists and Academia Is Crucial Greater partnerships can optimize cancer care outcomes Jan 06, 2024
Emotional Intelligence Must Guide Artificial Intelligence Together they can ensure quality and holistic patient care Jan 02, 2024
ChatGPT Misdiagnosed Most Pediatric Cases Older version of the chatbot was wrong in 83% of kids' clinical scenarios Jan 02, 2024
Dulaglutide, Weight Gain, and Smoking Cessation; New Year's Eye Injuries Also in TTHealthWatch: Doxycycline for STI prevention and the risks of AI in medicine Dec 30, 2023 podcast
Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals "For them to take weeks -- up to months -- to provide an authorization is ridiculous" Dec 30, 2023
Students of Shuttered Nursing School Sue State Officials for Overreach Connecticut requested license applicants of Stone Academy program complete a "refresher course" Dec 29, 2023
Managing AI Risks in Healthcare; GPT-4's Clinical Biases; DIY AI Clinic A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Dec 28, 2023
Providing Telemedicine in War Zones Founder of telehealth platform talks about services in Gaza and Ukraine Dec 28, 2023 video
Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'? The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
