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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The terms in health care payer contracts are not immutable, and contracts should be negotiated, according to an ...
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Cost of Smoking Can Exceed $2 Million Over Lifetime
The average financial cost of smoking is about $1.4 million. That’s the estimated amount one person will spend during their lifetime as a smoker, according ...
Read More »Docs Work Up To 80 Hours Per Week
MONDAY, Jan. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Physicians work long hours, with most working 40 to 60 hours per week and a considerable proportion working ...
Read More »Rural Doc Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients
By April Dembosky Dr. Michael Fratkin is getting a ride to work today from a friend. “It’s an old plane. Her name’s ‘Thumper,'” says pilot ...
Read More »Physicians News Digest Launches New Job Board For Docs, Providers
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 – Physicians News Digest (PND) has launched a new job board on PhysiciansNews.com, now with cutting edge job-matching technology and targeted ...
Read More »$375 Billion Annually Wasted on Health Care Paperwork
Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion in 2012, 80 percent of which is waste due to the ...
Read More »Medical School Uses ‘Seinfeld’ To Teach Psychiatry
It’s not unheard of to require medical students to watch a television show and discuss it the following day in class. It is unique, however, ...
Read More »The Solo Physician’s Multi-Year Parachute
By Barry M. Schwartz, Esq. A physician who is in practice with one or more partners probably has a reasonable expectation that his or her ...
Read More »Preventing Emergency Surgeries Could Save $1 Billion
MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Strategies to reduce the number of emergency surgeries in the United States could save up to $1 billion ...
Read More »Most Pediatricians Use EHRs, But Lack Meaningful Use Benefits
MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Most pediatricians use electronic health records (EHRs), yet there are unique obstacles that prevent pediatricians from participating in ...
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