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A Tale of Cost and Care: Blood on the Sidewalk
Going to the gym in the morning is one of those things I do because it’s good for me and...
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Did Medieval Medicine Pave the Way for Value-Based Payment?
Government regulation. Patient-centered care. Holistic medicine. Iatrogenic disease. Reimbursement disputes. All were a routine part of health care in the...
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Selling a Medical Practice? Here’s What You Need to Know
At some point, there will come a time to sell your practice. It could be in part to a partner...
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Physician Compensation 2020: How Much Money Do U.S. Doctors Make Per Year?
Like many other people in the U.S., physicians took a financial hit in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Have...
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Healthcare Consumerism: What Does It Really Look Like?
With CVS’s acquisition of Aetna and the recent news that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase have formed a new...
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The Rise of the Hospital Administrator
Doctors have become worker bees in the factory of the administrative overlords. In the past, physicians were responsible for both the...
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I Think I Saw a Unicorn – An Update on ACOs
Unicorn Maerten de Vos Wikimedia commons 1027 x 1024 “The accountable care organization is like a unicorn, a fantastic creature...
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How Reliable are Drug Expiration Dates?
Have you ever looked at the label of an old medicine bottle before you deigned to take the pill? Of...
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What’s Shaking Up the Business of Healthcare?
A whole host of really big things are happening in healthcare right now including the proposed cross-sector merger between CVS...