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Opioid prescriptions declined 33% over 5 years
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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Cost of physician burnout estimated at $4.6 billion a year
Conservative analysis focused on costs related to turnover and lost clinical hours.
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House committee debates single-payer health care design
House Budget Committee members began a debate over a possible framework for a single-payer health care system. Republican members of the committee...
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CMS targets ‘spread pricing’ to help lower drug costs
The agency is redefining what constitutes a drug rebate in Medicaid and CHIP as a way to cut costs for patients and taxpayers.
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Confronting physician depression and suicide
Join our Twitter chat on depression and suicide in medicine at 8 p.m. ET on June 3. Our special guests are Dr. Sarah Candler, Dr. Elisabeth...
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Bundled payment for OA surgery linked to more emergency department visits
TORONTO – Ontario experience with bundling payment for surgery documents a sharp uptick in postdischarge unplanned emergency department visits.
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Medicare withdraws plans to exclude drugs from Part D protected classes
Agency officials wrote that there are “sufficient” enrollee access protections in place and declined to finalize plans to allow Part D drug plan...
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Study identifies malpractice causes in hernia repair
BALTIMORE – An analysis of malpractice claims paid for hernia operations has found that breach of informed consent was a reason for more than 15%...
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Survey: High costs lead to skipped or postponed health care
Chronic conditions amplify affordability issues for those with employer-sponsored insurance.
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Senators question whether health IT regulation can keep up with innovation
“I wonder exactly whether it is conceivable for us to achieve standards that will allow systems to talk to each other from one hospital system,...
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CBO predicts more Medicare spending with drug rebate proposal
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that spending in the Medicare program would increase by $170 billion over the 2020-2029 period due to...