Healthcare Policy
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DO YOU STILL TRUST YOUR DOCTOR?
If you’ve gone to the same doctor for a long time, you probably do trust him/her. You’ve consulted your doctor…
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WHAT ARE RVU’S AND DRG’S? PART II, DRG’S, HOW HOSPITALS ARE PAID
Now that we’ve discussed the method Medicare uses to pay physicians, it’s time to learn about how Medicare pays hospitals!…
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WHAT ARE RVU’S AND DRG’S? How do doctors get paid? Part 1: RVU’S
So you think Medicare pays hospitals and doctors those big fees they charge? Really? If you do, you haven’t been…
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GOOD DOCTORS GET A’S
PHYSICIANS STRIVE TO GET “A’s” Even though many educational institutions have abandoned letter grades and adopted a “pass-fail” grading system,…
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ORPHAN DRUGS: A MISNOMER!
In the pharmaceutical world there exists an entire class of drugs with which the public is largely unfamiliar and most…
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HOW DOES YOUR DOCTOR CHOOSE THE RIGHT SPECIALIST FOR YOU?
As a family doctor, every day I was tasked with referring patients to specialists. I wasn’t capable of handling every…
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MID-LEVEL PROVIDER: What Does That Mean?
A popular term used frequently, at least in the medical community, is “mid-level provider.” This is the name given by…
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