The AMA commends the Administration for declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency under the Stafford Act. This emergency declaration is necessary to help ensure ...
Read More »Emergency Physicians: How Patients Can Stop Spread Of Coronavirus
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is providing guidance for patients to minimize their risk of getting or spreading the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A ...
Read More »Good Healthcare Administrations Do These 3 Things with Physicians
The relationship between healthcare administrations and physicians across America is, to put it mildly, frequently strained. Mistrust and communication difficulties are common, and this is ...
Read More »Physician Groups Applaud Bipartisan Solution to Surprise Medical Bills
This bipartisan bill takes patients out of the middle, ensures that patients have access to health care services when and where they need them, and provides a level playing field between physicians and insurers.
Read More »AAP Updates Flu Vaccination Recommendation for Kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will advise families to vaccinate their children against influenza next season with either the flu shot or the nasal ...
Read More »Summer Bummer: A Young Camper’s $142,938 Snakebite
It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois’ Jackson Falls last July. As the ...
Read More »Even Doctors Can’t Navigate Our ‘Broken Health Care System’
Dr. Hasan Shanawani was overcome by frustration. So, last week he picked up his cellphone and began sharing on Twitter his family’s enraging experiences with ...
Read More »Three Reasons Per-Diem Docs are Very Happy and Avoid ‘Physician Burnout’
Google “physician burnout” and you will be hit with an avalanche of articles about the epidemic of physician job dissatisfaction. Being a doctor has always ...
Read More »Physicians Urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to Consider Illegal Gun Sales a Public Health Emergency
MADISON, Wis. — The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Wisconsin Medical Society filed an amicus brief Tuesday in Wisconsin Supreme Court asserting that the owners of ...
Read More »Physicians say Pennsylvania ‘Venue Shopping’ Rule Could Result in Skyrocketing Malpractice Premiums
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A proposed rule change from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could usher the return of skyrocketing medical liability premiums for physicians and threaten ...
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