Healthcare Policy
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GETTING INTO A RESIDENCY
I’ve written about residency “match day” on a few past occasions. That’s the big day in March when soon-to-graduate medical…
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SURVEY: TRUST IN HEALTH CARE AGENCIES HAS DECLINED
In a recent blogpost, I alluded to the attitude of the American public toward vaccines, the CDC, and local and…
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SPENDING TO TRAIN FAMILY DOCS DIVERTED
Increasing the number of practicing primary care physicians has been a serious consideration for the past fifty years. It seemed…
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PROBLEMS WITH RESIDENCY MATCH PROGRAM
I touched on it briefly in the “Residency ‘Match Day’” article, but a lot of shots are being taken at…
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MEDICARE FRAUD
Fraudulent billing of Medicare is a problem of mammoth proportion. Mammoth not only because of the number of individuals, companies,…
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ANOTHER MEDICARE RUSE!
Medicare is once again being disingenuous in its attempts to better compensate primary care physicians. Their usual method is to…
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OLDER PHYSICIANS: IMPAIRED?
Many healthcare institutions and medical practices are seeing the age of practicing physicians increase as more continue to practice beyond…
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OSTEOPATHS REPLACING MD’S IN FAMILY MEDICINE
In June, 2024 I posted an article titled “Will Your Next Family Doctor Be An Osteopath?” The article stated that…
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RURAL HEALTHCARE SUFFERING PHYSICIAN DRAIN
We’ve all heard stories or read articles about small towns and rural communities who have such serious need for medical…
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GLP-1’S REQUIRE PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS
If you don’t know what a prior authorization is, you’re a lucky person. However, if you do, you know they…
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