Healthcare Policy
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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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