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MA gov. signs pharma gift reporting law
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (D) has signed legislation that, in addition to promoting electronic medical records and boosting primary care training, imposes one of the country's toughest Read more...
Trend: Young PCPs see dozens of job offers
Given mushrooming primary care shortages, young PCPs in training shouldn't be surprised if they feel like they have a bullseye on their head. According to one survey, almost 80 percent of primary Read more...
Employer group backs higher pay for primary care
A powerful healthcare standards group plans today to launch an initiative promoting a new model for primary care which would help employers and health plans identify high-performing primary care Read more...
Trend: Primary care doctors create own prepaid plans
As FierceHealthcare readers know, hard-pressed primary care physicians are trying a wide range of strategies to keep afloat, including offering Read more...
Trend: PCPs offering cosmetic procedures
If you're a primary care physician, and you're sick of getting your clock cleaned on procedures with narrow profit margins, what do you do? Well, for some, the answer is to begin offering Read more...
Medicare increases preventive care, screening coverage
It's well documented that preventive care has significant wellness benefits, not to mention cost-saving advantages. However, at present, less than 10 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are getting all Read more...
Heart disease controls often skipped in diabetes care
While patients well understand high blood glucose can lead to ugly complications like blindness and kidney failure, few recognize that keeping cholesterol and blood pressure low are equally critical Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Upping pay for primary care
It's no surprise presidential hopefuls are giving us an earful on their healthcare reform proposals. The thing is, unless they acknowledge one critical issue--the growing scarcity of primary-care Read more...
Physician retail clinic protests miss the point
Physician retail clinic protests miss the point
Wow, the AMA is steamed about retail clinics. In my nearly 20 years of healthcare reporting, I can't think of an issue which has gotten members more worked up and ready …
Study: Surgery training injuries often not reported
Most surgeons-in-training end up giving themselves accidental injuries, typically by sticking themselves with needles or sharp instruments, but a new study says few actually report their mishaps despite the threat of AIDS, hepatitis and other blood-borne illnesses.
The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, concludes rushed surgical residents are reluctant to report such injuries because it would take time, could slow career growth and might be …
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