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By Jeffrey C. Bauer, Ph.D. The title of this article is intentional, as odd as it may seem.  Futures is plural on purpose, and the ...

From the AMA: UPDATE:  Last night, the U.S. Senate voted yet again to delay the 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut for one month, postponing ...

By Helen Oscislawski, Esq. It has been a year since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also known as “the stimulus bill” or “ARRA”) ...

  Changes to Medicare will give the Feds control of surgical decisions By SCOTT GOTTLIEB Senate Democrats are touting the American Medical Association’s endorsement of ...

1/5/10 UPDATE:   In recognition that the transition to EMRs might take a while, CMS is proposing a phase-in of three stages.  The first stage ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Wednesday appeared before Congress to acknowledge that their mammogram recommendations were poorly communicated. “The task force communication was ...

Modality, Inc. and Elsevier, Inc. developed two Procedures Consult Internal Medicine applications that are now available on the App Store. These iPhone and iPod touch ...

By Sharon Segel Healthcare is once again a headline issue in the United States.  President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms have met with huge opposition from ...

By Nena Mirkovic, M.D. Jim Beck*, a 66-year-old farmer, was found to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 7.4 ng/ml on routine screening and resulting ...

By Alan Lyndon President Obama’s efforts for massive healthcare reform endured a predictable setback in July.  With so many moving parts, Obama’s chances of fast-tracking ...