Scrubs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On November 1, 2024, federal authorities charged 38-year-old Rebecca Fadanelli, owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa in Randolph and South Easton, Massachusetts, with illegally importing counterfeit cosmetic products and administering them without proper medical credentials. The charges include one count each of illegally importing merchandise contrary to law, selling or dispensing a counterfeit drug, and selling or dispensing a counterfeit device.

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Appointments Medication Scheduling Hospital 161

EvidenceCare

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an era where healthcare leaders must balance financial sustainability with care quality, scale with personalization, and innovation with operational stability, finding the right path forward can be challenging. At the Nashville Healthcare Sessions conference , healthcare executives at the forefront of addressing these challenges shared their real-world strategies and insights.

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Best Practices Documentation Patient Experience Billing 130

Emerging RN Leader

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During a webinar, a nurse manager recently noted that the new graduates they hired in June already seemed restless and just finished their residency program. She observed that “recent graduates enter her health system, complete their residency program, and then want to leave to travel or return […] The post Retaining New Graduates appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Communication 148

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Plus: Expanding bone marrow transplants, a potential replacement for silicon in processors, Apple takes a stake in satellites.

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were to assume leadership of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it could signal significant changes in healthcare policy, regulation, and public health priorities. Known for his controversial views on vaccines and a vocal critic of many public health policies, Kennedy’s potential appointment raises questions about the direction of the FDA and the future of healthcare in the United States.

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Unit Organization and Environment Appointments Medication 215

Science Based Medicine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Doctors who are concerned about members of our profession enabling powerful anti-vaxx disinformation agents should speak up before it's too late. But its probably too late already. The post Robert Kennedy Jr. & His Doctor Friends May Just Be Getting Started first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Summary of Mount Sinai's New York BCI Symposium, by Synchron and Precision Neuroscience. Market Trends and forecast for brain-computer interface startups.

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Valant

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Behavioral health professionals often juggle the weight of their clients’ emotional needs alongside their own personal struggles. This burden can lead to burnout, compassion fatigue , and a decline in well-being. Therapists are not immune to personal challenges; balancing work with life’s demands is a common struggle. Therapists need outlets, too.

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Documentation Communication Scheduling Billing 110

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Nearly a thousand news outlets covered the recent publication of the positive results of the STEP-9 trial of semaglutide vs placebo for the treatment of knee pain due to osteoarthritis in patients with obesity. Twitter overflowed with positive messages after the New England Journal of Medicine publication. I am not sold on the trial. STEP-9 had many flaws but one fatal flaw.

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Documentation Medication 134

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Physicians will see their Medicare reimbursement fall 2.9% next year if Congress doesn’t stop the cuts. Meanwhile, reimbursement for hospital outpatient departments is rising 2.9%.

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Hospital 128

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sometimes at the end of a dental appointment, the dentist shows you a X-ray, points to an unremarkable spot on it and explains why it means you need a particular proce.

Appointments 142

Appointments 142

Practice Index

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) has existed since 2019 but has recently hit the headlines again when a long campaign to extend the funding to include paying for GP roles was partly ceded by NHS England at the end of September. From 1 st October, the ARRS now has a ringfenced ‘GP Sum’, worth £82m nationally for practices signed up to the Network Contract DES.

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Certification Medication 110

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, advises family physicians to continue offering vaccines, explaining the benefits compared to alternatives.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Still, gross spending on the drugs increased by more than 500% from 2019 to 2023, according to the health policy research firm.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes the role of payers as enablers of access.

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Valant

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

(Updated 11/6/2024) In March of 2022, the American Psychological Association (APA) released changes to its diagnostic manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. These text revisions updated the DSM-5 to include new diagnoses, clarifying language for diagnostic criteria, better guidance on coding, and more. Psychiatry Online stated , “With contributions from more than 200 subject matter experts, the updated volume boasts the most current text updates based o

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Diagnostics Documentation Billing 104

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Who should coordinate care transitions? The doctors with the best picture of care through touchpoints with patients and their families.

Long Term Care 111

Long Term Care 111

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This year has been defined by an unsuccessful fight against elevated medical costs for CVS. The third quarter was no different.

Appointments 124

Appointments Medication 124

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Medical students should consider how AI could change the work physicians do (and get paid for) when choosing specialties.

Medication 141

Medication 141

Open Dental

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Customizing colors can provide more than fun and flair - it can help improve function by allowing easy identification of different types of information. Learn more about where and how you can customize colors in Open Dental. The post Fun (and Function) with Colors appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Our guide to getting elected to office and what happens once you get there.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Dramatic growth in an opaque Medicaid funding mechanism is exacerbating concerns about the program’s fiscal integrity — while spurring financial gains for the hospital industry.

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Hospital 124

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The healthcare industry is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to meet rising demand from an aging population and strained resources.

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Patient Care 133

Health Prime

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Movember is a global movement that highlights the importance of addressing men’s most pressing health issues. These conditions include prostate and testicular cancer, suicide prevention, and mental health struggles. The movement organizes efforts worldwide to improve men’s health research and transform how health services reach and support male patients.

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Medication Billing Patient Care Insurance 77

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With so many AI solutions, how can physicians sort through the offerings to determine what will work best for their practice?

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Medication 105

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Still, PitchBook analysts said the PE market is poised for a turnaround.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Intermittent fasting has its benefits but extending living beings’ lifespan might not be one of them, according to a recent Nature study.

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Medbridge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Digital healthcare use is on the rise, and patient preferences for digital care are also growing. For example, 80 percent of patients say that they want to interact with their healthcare providers using a smartphone. It’s not that patients no longer value in-person care; on the contrary—they simply want the fast connection and engagement that […] The post What Do Patients Want from Digital Care?

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Patient Experience 102

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Both brick-and-mortar and virtual options are failing to meet the need

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The health system will offer up to five weeks of back pay to staff that were denied religious exemptions for COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In announcing RFK Jr. as having a significant role in healthcare in his administration, he has targeted healthcare in America as a prime candidate for major change.

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