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By John D. Cacciamani, Jr., MD, MBA I am writing to ask that we take action now during Congress’s  lame-duck session this November to once ...

Indications include osteoarthritis, chronic lower back pain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cymbalta (duloxetine hydrochloride) to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain, including discomfort ...

Now that the Republicans are in charge of the House, lawmakers are licking their chops at repealing the health care law signed last March by ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) today urged physicians to take action this fall against inaccurate payments from private health insurers. The AMA has designated November ...

A national study of physician wages conducted by UC Davis Health System has found that specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than ...

A new study from Duke University reports that overweight patients respond better to the communication techniques of a gentle, Marcus Welby-like approach to weight loss ...

By Alan Lyndon Meaningful Use; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Regional Extension Centers….Physicians didn’t sign up ...

By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News Insurance regulators unanimously approved controversial rules Thursday governing how much insurers must spend on patients’ medical care – without ...

By: Esther Chang, et. al. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the ...

By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News One of the nation’s largest health insurers said today it is testing a new way to pay for some ...