Tue.Feb 11, 2025

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Medicare Is Failing Patients: A New Bill Can Help Fix That

Forbes Healthcare

Physician pay has decreased 33% from 2001 to 2025. How does that impact patients? What do doctors have to say? And, how can a new bill submitted to Congress fix things?

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Mass General Brigham to conduct largest layoffs in its history

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MGB said the layoffs are necessary to get ahead of an anticipated budget shortfall of $250 million over the next two years.

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Humana 2024 Profits Hit $1.2 Billion As Insurer Exits Unprofitable Medicare Markets

Forbes Healthcare

Humana Tuesday reported $1.2 billion in 2024 profits that included a $693 million fourth quarter loss as the health insurer exits unprofitable Medicare Advantage markets.

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Navigating the Emotional Struggles of Compassion Fatigue in Nursing

Minority Nurse

Nursing is one of the most rewarding yet emotionally demanding professions. Nurses are on the front lines of patient care, often providing comfort during some of the most critical moments of people’s lives. However, the constant emotional toll of caregiving can lead to a phenomenon known as compassion fatiguea form of burnout tied explicitly to the emotional strain of caring for others.

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Flu Activity In US Now May Be Highest Since 2017-2018

Forbes Healthcare

Flu test data and Tamiflu prescription fills show that influenza activity has already surpassed the past seven seasons and may soon exceed that of 2017-2018.

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Building support and allyship for women physicians: We need your help!

Medical Economics

While systemic changes are undoubtedly needed for all physicians, there are steps that we can take as individuals to support our women colleagues.

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Inside Takeda’s Plasma-Derived Therapy Ecosystem

Forbes Healthcare

Takedas plasma-derived therapies (PDT) business tackles supply-chain challenges to expand access to life-saving treatments, a key revenue driver at $5.85B in 2023.

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How to Deploy a New EHR Without Disrupting Your Practice

99MGMT

Switching to a new EHR system? Learn 6 essential steps to ensure a smooth transition, minimize disruptions, and maximize efficiency in your health records.

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Humana’s 2024 profit slashed in half amid higher medical spending

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The massive insurer now expects to lose 550,000 Medicare Advantage members — roughly one-tenth of its individual MA footprint — this year as a result of plan cuts.

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AI chatbots enhance physician decision-making, but don’t replace it

Medical Economics

Stanford study finds AI support improves physician decision-making in complex cases.

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LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman’s New AI Startup May Revolutionize Cancer Care

Forbes Healthcare

Cancer is one of the leading causes of fatalities globally.

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Former FDA head Gottlieb calls for less regulation of certain AI tools

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Scott Gottlieb supports a reversion to an earlier interpretation of the 21st Century Cures Act, which would exempt more types of clinical decision support software from the FDA’s premarket review process.

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Thinking of leaving independent practice? 7 questions to consider before making the leap

Medical Economics

Not all potential partners or arrangements can provide the assistance physicians want while giving them the autonomy theyre accustomed to nor the work-life balance they may seek.

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Illustrating the Imaging Module

Open Dental

The Imaging Module stores images and documents, and is a great tool when going paperless! Check out some highlights of the Imaging Module. The post Illustrating the Imaging Module appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Across Healthcare System, Stakeholders Share Responsibility For High Costs

Forbes Healthcare

Across healthcare system, stakeholders share blame for high costs. This includes hospitals, drugmakers, insurers and others involved in product and service supply chains.

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Unlocking Grant Funding for Educational Success: Insights from Grant Funding Expert

CareerStep

Educational institutions face increasing demands to secure funding for innovative programs. In a recent CareerStep Lunch and Learn session, Jennifer, Grants Funding Manager at Penn Foster Group, shared her extensive experience in grant funding and nonprofit work to guide Career Step and Penn Foster partners through the grant acquisition process. With over 20 years in the sector, Jennifer provided valuable insights on how educational organizations can secure grants to enhance their programs.

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Medical students, clinicians support integrated care education

Medical Economics

97% of survey respondents reported experience with integrated care, with many interested in learning more.

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Navigating Admissions at the University of Washington School of Medicine [Episode 601]

Accepted Blog

Show Summary In the 601st episode of Admission Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham speaks with Dr. LeeAnna Muzquiz, Associate Dean for Admissions at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). Dr. Muzquiz, a graduate of UWSOM and a family physician with ties to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, discusses the unique five-state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) curriculum, which allows students to complete their foundational training in their home states.

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George Boghos, Imagine Pediatrics

The Healthcare Blog

George Boghos is CEO of Imagine Pediatrics, a company founded out of former CMS Innovation head Adam Boehler’s Rubicon Partners fund. Imagine is a wraparound tech-based service helping some of the sickest kids in America–think kids on feeding tubes, cancer, mental health conditions, autism and more. They provide telehealth and on the ground services (like EMTs) that supplement typical pediatrics offices. the goal is to improve the kids’ and parents’ experience and of cour

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Superbowl Ad Sparks A Healthy Controversy About Medication Safety

Forbes Healthcare

The next FDA Commissioner could solve two big problems with one powerful policy: encourage independent testing of both generic and compounded drugs for quality and safety

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Medicine Delivery App Development (Complete Guide)

Arkenea

We all are now habitual to getting things done with just one click. Groceries, snacks, food items, lunch, dinner, you name it, everything can be ordered within minutes. Thanks to a simplified payment system, ordering things online has become faster and more convenient. With so much digital advancement, why should medicine delivery fall behind? Medicine delivery apps are here to fulfill all the healthcare demands of a patient.

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Drug prices: Introducing research and patient advocacy group AAR

Medical Economics

A discussion about the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with Adina Lasser, director of public policy and government affairs with the Alliance for Aging Research.

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2025 Staffing & Salary Survey results

Physicians Practice

The 2025 Staff Salary Survey reveals the ongoing struggle practices have to maintain adequate staffing levels.

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Drug prices: Another way to interpret negotiations for cost

Medical Economics

A discussion about the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with Adina Lasser, director of public policy and government affairs with the Alliance for Aging Research.

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Netcare Scheduled Downtime - Thursday February 13, 2025 at 21:00 to Friday February 14, 2025 at 04:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The Alberta Netcare Portal will be unavailable from Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 21:00 to 04:00 on Friday, February 14, 2025 in order to accommodate system maintenance and a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but Connect Care users will not be able to launch the Alberta Netcare Portal during this time. Users who are logged in during this time will be disconnected and will need to re-authenticate following the outage period.

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Drug prices: Expensive, but for whom?

Medical Economics

A discussion about the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with Adina Lasser, director of public policy and government affairs with the Alliance for Aging Research.

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How Long Does It Take to Complete a Medical Billing and Coding Program?

Northwest Career College

One of the questions you might ask if you are considering a career in the healthcare industry under the medical billing and coding program is: How long will it take to start my new job? Balancing time, especially if you have other responsibilities,s can feel overwhelming, but if you are serious about pursuing it, we have some great news! The Medical Billing and Coding Program under Northwest Career College is designed for flexibility, allowing you to start building your career faster than you mi

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NIH uncertainty amid federal restrictions, leadership changes; a brain mechanism that suppresses fear; hospital ventilation may spread viruses – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Workspace ONE Outage - Thursday February 13, 2025, 07:00-09:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

There will be an upgrade to the Workspace ONE Tunnel application that AHS uses to manage clinical applications on mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) on Thursday February 13, 2025, from 07:00 to 09:00. During the upgrade process, Workspace ONE Tunnel will be down for up to 10 minutes, affecting the Connect Care mobility apps (Haiku, Limerick and Canto).

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Chronic health conditions take a hidden toll on U.S. workforce

Medical Economics

Poll finds that employees are managing their conditions at work, but not telling their employer

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Should RFK Jr be confirmed?

Sensible Medicine

At Sensible Medicine, we invite debate and discussion. Recently we published a piece broadly supportive of RFK Jr , written by a Danish vaccine researcher, Dr. Schaltz-Buchholzer. In response, we feature a critical letter by Sensible Medicine writer and editor Adam Cifu. I also include a reply from Dr. Schaltz-Buchholzer. Let us know if you enjoy this format.