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State medical board chair steps down amid Medicaid fraud accusations

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: March 21, 2023

State officials have suspended all Medicaid payments to Dr. Brian T. Hyatt and his practice.

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Washington medical board charges doctor with spreading COVID misinformation

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: February 1, 2023

Doctors and professional organizations are trying to protect patients from any harm that results from mistruths spread by colleagues.

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Job market for physicians, advanced practitioners rebounds after COVID-19 slump: Report

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: July 21, 2022

“The pendulum has gone all the way back. People are more interested in going out and seeing their physicians.”

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Advancing digital health care past pandemic-driven telemedicine

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: May 18, 2022

A panel discussion at a recent American Telemedicine Association conference zeroed in on the need to optimize digital health tools to meet consumer...

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Administrative hassle hacks: Strategies to curb physician stress

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: May 18, 2022

There’s no doubt work life is stressful for physicians, but experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference say there are high...

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Spell it out: Writing out common medical terms boosts patient understanding, says study

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: May 18, 2022

Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their conditions when health care providers avoid abbrevi...

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COVID drove telehealth forward in high gear: Now what?

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: May 17, 2022

Experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference focused on how investment in telehealth spiked during the pandemic and what to...

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‘It’s about transparency’: Indiana law prohibits misleading medical titles

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: March 22, 2022

“The threat to patient safety comes by nonphysicians marketing themselves in a way that is confusing to patients.

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Physicians beware: Feds start tracking information-blocking claims

Author:: John McCormack

Publish date: March 8, 2022

Industry leaders are advising health care providers to brush up on compliance.