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Why shadowing Vinay Prasad convinced me to become an oncologist

Sensible Medicine

Colton Lipfert is an incoming medical student at an east coast medical school. He has worked in the vkprasadlab for the last few years and recently shadowed. When I finished shadowing Dr. Vinay Prasad, I was convinced I had to become an oncologist. When I told him this, he was a little surprised. The day’s work had been downright ordinary for him.

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Food Is Medicine: The ‘Big Bet’ Changing How America Eats

Forbes Healthcare

Herman Johnson never imagined that something as simple as fruits and vegetables could change his life. Now Food Is Medicine is being scaled across the U.S.

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Cyberattack on Michigan Plastic Surgery Practice Affects Almost 20,000 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Data breaches have been announced by the Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre in Michigan, Dove Healthcare in Wisconsin, and Southeast Series of Lockton Companies in Georgia. Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, Michigan The Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, PLC, which does business as Elite Plastic Surgery, has reported a data breach to the HHS Office for Civil Rights that affects 19,846 individuals.

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Cigna Closes $3 Billion Medicare Business Sale To Big Blue Cross Plan

Forbes Healthcare

The Cigna Group has closed the sale of its Medicare businesses for $3.3 billion to Health Care Service Corp., parent of five Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.

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Cyberattack Forces North Carolina Radiology Practice to Close for More Than a Month

The HIPAA Journal

Pinehurst Radiology Consultants has been closed for more than a month following a January cyberattack. Security incidents and data breaches have been reported by Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital and Atlas Healthcare CT. Pinehurst Radiology Consultants, North Carolina Pinehurst Radiology Consultants, a small radiology provider serving residents in the Sandhills region of North Carolina, fell victim to a cyberattack in January that disrupted its computer systems, forcing t

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America’s Emergency Department Boarding Crisis: Finally, There’s (A Bit Of) Action

Forbes Healthcare

Some policy actions are starting to address the emergency department boarding crisis in the United States. Here's what is happening at the state and federal level.

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Optum Rx says it will eliminate 10% of prior authorizations

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage reauthorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat migraines, multiple sclerosis, high cholesterol and more.

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The Line Between Passion and Profession in Nursing is Thin. Here’s How I Walk it as an On-demand Nurse

Minority Nurse

For years, I hesitated to make the jump from social work to nursing. I’d thought about making the transition, but I couldn’t get past all of the stories I’d heard from friends and colleagues about the challenges of nursingthe stress, the burnout, the demanding hours. I became a social worker to help people, and nursing offered a more direct way to do it.

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Private equity firms are increasingly buying up disability care centers

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Over 10 years, private equity firms acquired more than 1,000 disability care providers, but intense pressures to turn a profit could harm quality, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

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Exploring a Career as an EKG Technician: A Vital Role in Healthcare

New York Medical Career Training Center

For those dreaming about a career in health care, choosing to become an Electrocardiograph (EKG) Technician is the right decision. Many people enroll in EKG Technician Training in Queens to learn the necessary skills before they start working in this field. EKG technicians are very important in determining patients’ heart health and offering them the necessary care.

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What is a medical assistant? Exploring the different types of medical assistants

Mildred Elley

Are you interested in a medical assistant career, but wonder, What is a medical assistant exactly? Before beginning this new chapter, its important to learn what are common medical assistant duties and how medical assistants perform in the workplace. Through daily clinical and administrative tasks, medical assistants perform basic healthcare services and operate as liaisons between the doctor and the patient.

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Hospital-at-home companies DispatchHealth, Medically Home to merge

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

DispatchHealth CEO Jennifer Webster will lead the combined company once the deal closes, which is expected in mid-2025.

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Federal residency funding expands primary care pipeline, study finds

Medical Economics

ACA provisions boost primary care training amid worsening physician shortage.

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Billing Strategies to Beat Staffing Shortages

Physicians Practice

Managing payment postings, claims, and denials can feel overwhelming, especially when practices have staffing challenges. Without the right resources, these challenges often lead to delayed revenue, increased denials, and overburdened teams. Explore strategies and solutions to help practices stay on top of their billing workflows and optimize their revenue cycle needs with Veradigm Revenue Cycle Services.

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Insuring virtual care risks: Captives as a safety net for telehealth expansion

Medical Economics

Telehealth has more risks than you may realize. Are you protected?

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HLC Members Featured in Becker’s Great Leaders in Healthcare 2025 List

Healthcare Leadership Council

Through the use of technologies , value-based care approaches, and collaboration with public and private sector partners, HLC members are committed to innovating and championing solutions that improve patient access to lifesaving treatments. As an association of CEOs and C-suite executives from all sectors of healthcare, the strength of our membership is exemplified by the many HLC members who are recognized throughout the year by reputable publications and awards.

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Jefferson Health goes out of network for Cigna commercial members following contract spat

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The Philadelphia-area system and a major insurer have failed to reach a new agreement on payment rates, but are still continuing negotiations.

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Immunovia’s next-gen pancreatic cancer test shows strong performance in validation study

Medical Economics

Study shows the test identified 77% of stage I and stage II cancer cases

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Cone Health CEO to step down

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Mary Jo Cagle’s last day at Cone Health is May 31. The health system has not yet named her permanent successor.

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Physician Growth Accelerator: Why your best employees leave — and how to stop it

Medical Economics

Ever feel like your best employees leave while the underperforming ones stick around? Its not just bad luck its a symptom of how your practice operates.

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Handling phone calls with difficult patients

Physicians Practice

Neil Baum, MD, gives tips on dealing with difficult callers at your medical practice.

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Risk assessments: Background

Medical Economics

Andrea Greco, SVP of healthcare safety at CENTEGIX, discusses risk assessments in medical practices.

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Congress has failed practices again

Physicians Practice

Doctors are dealing with a ton of challenges all at once, and seeing their reimbursement shrink while costs to do business increase is a major problem.

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Value stocks: A relatively secure market redoubt

Medical Economics

Looking for a place to weather the economic storm?

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Using WOOP to Draw Boundaries in Leadership

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the challenges that new leaders have in their roles is establishing leadership boundaries. The problem has become even more challenging over the past four years. Nurse leaders now oversee more staff who need increased coaching due to inexperience. New managers often want staff to visibly […] The post Using WOOP to Draw Boundaries in Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medical Economics Pulse, March 19, 2025: Handheld ultrasound, AI & patient data privacy, Medicaid's AUD treatment gaps

Medical Economics

Medical Economics Pulse is a quick-hitting news podcast that keeps busy physicians in the know. Here are your headlines for March 19, 2025.

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Creating your own Differential Diagnosis SmartList in EPIC

A Young Doctor's Journey

Tutorial for EPIC SmartList (drop-down differential diagnosis menu) Epic is INCREDIBLE - if you know how to use it. A few weeks ago, I shared a sneak peek of my Epic setup on TikTok and it went my version of viral. Hundreds of people saved it, shared it, and asked for the tutorial, which is wild. So here it finally is! This is as step-by-step as I could make it.

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Previewing Medical Economics Insider: A new interactive publication coming March 31

Medical Economics

As business and administrative challenges continue to mount from declining reimbursement rates to increased competition our mission is to deliver timely content that helps you run your practice more effectively. Enter Medical Economics Insider.

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What Is the Highest-Paying Certificate Job in Healthcare?

We Care Online

There are a lot of well-paying jobs in health care, but most require years ofschooling. But if you want to get to work quickly,and dont want to spend years in school, consider a healthcare certificate program. Some certificate jobs more lucrative than others, with one job trumping the rest as thehighest: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Assistant.

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FDA’s ‘Operation Stork Speed’ to strengthen infant formula, supply; recognizing reduced drug use as a meaningful treatment goal; NIH’s diagnostic criteria for TSW, distinct from eczema – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Trump Administration, Under Kennedy, Extends Opioid Emergency, Despite Declining Fentanyl Deaths

Forbes Healthcare

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. renewed this week a public health emergency declaration to address the national opioid crisis.

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