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Director of National Drug Control Policy addresses physician leaders on essential role they play fighting opioid epidemic. Working together with federal government, physicians can help with policy design.

Government administrator outlined 3 ways Medicare is changing its culture to listen more to physicians and give them the freedom they need to keep patients at the center of care.

The CPT®/RVU 2016 Data File contains the comprehensive set of CPT® and HCPCS procedure codes payable under Medicare. If you’re seeking to import the 2016 RVUs into existing claims and billing systems, this is the product you need.

Reducing high blood pressure in vulnerable at-risk populations can help physician’s improve patient’s health. An Ohio pilot program to fight health care disparities in black men saw results in just 3 months.

How to increase minorities—particularly black men—attending medical school? To alter the pipeline of candidates, medical schools and others have developed programs to overcome educational, social and economic barriers.

Learn what daily life is like as an ear, nose and throat physician. Dr. Christina Gillespie discusses work-life balance as an otolaryngologist. Dr. Gillespie also offers advice to women med students on choosing a specialty.

Learn what it’s like to practice vascular surgery in a university hospital. Dr. Faisal Aziz shares some of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of caring for patients.

The CDC issued two interim guidelines for physicians—one for the prevention of sexual transmission and one for caring for pregnant women or women of reproductive age with possible exposure to the Zika virus.