Researchers surveyed 1300 physicians in the US between July 2017 to August 2017 to examine experiences and attitudes toward cybersecurity, data management and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines.
The letter calls for improvement in the management of drug shortages and requests that Congress address the underlying reasons for this ongoing drug shortage problem.
The societies note that this policy change could jeopardize patients in communities that are most in need of access to these treatments.
The researchers found that the expedited programs included priority review (90 drugs), accelerated approval (26 drugs), fast-track (63 drugs), and breakthrough (29 drugs).
Merging CVS, which has 10,000 retail clinics and pharmacies, with Aetna means more health services will likely move out of doctors’ offices to store-based providers across the nation.
The Value-Based Payment Modifier is not associated with performance differences between practices serving higher-risk and lower-risk patients.
Patient satisfaction was reportedly worse with clinicians denying certain requests, including laboratory tests, referrals, pain medication requests, and more.
Just 17% of websites provided geographically relevant price estimates, with significant variation by intervention.
A 4-page executive summary of the 2018 final Medicare physician fee schedule that was released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has been published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
New solutions are needed to address burnout among health care team members, yet, in a catch-22 situation for health industry leaders, change fatigue contributes to burnout
