September 29, 2022
Employed physicians are often torn. Many relish the steady salary and ability to focus on being a physician rather than handle administrative duties, but they bemoan […]
September 28, 2022
The legalization by many states of the use of cannabis has helped destigmatize its use for recreational purposes. A 2020 Gallup Poll showed that almost 50 […]
September 28, 2022
Before the pandemic, physicians, like many other professions, came to work sick. The reasons are likely as varied as “you weren’t feeling bad enough to miss […]
September 28, 2022
Female physicians received lower financial compensation from drug and medical device companies than their male counterparts, and gender payment disparities further widened from 2013 to 2019, […]
September 27, 2022
Pharmaceutical company Biogen, Inc, has agreed to pay $900 million in settlement of allegations involving kickbacks and false Medicare and Medicaid claims. The settlement with federal […]
September 26, 2022
In early April 2020, family medicine Kyle Leggott, MD, was logging into a telehealth visit from his Aurora, Colorado, home. He’d shifted to 100% virtual visits […]
September 20, 2022
So many doctors have complained about health plans’ overuse of prior authorizations that Congress has introduced legislation that would require Medicare Advantage plans to meet certain […]
September 20, 2022
Eviction is a housing and financial crisis ― and a health crisis in the making. Families across the country are feeling the financial squeeze. Rents are […]
September 16, 2022
Sept. 16, 2022 — Adderall, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication, is in short supply in some parts of the nation, pharmacy chains and Adderall users […]