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Practice Management Sustainability

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How one physician helped a young patient realize her dream

Physicians are in the unique and privileged position to understand the dreams of their patients—and to help patients achieve those dreams. It’s this ability to impact that makes being a physician so inspirational, one physician recently explained.

Advocacy Access to Care

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10 top states where health insurers dominate: New study

An annual analysis of commercial health insurance markets revealed the 10 most competitive and 10 least competitive states among health insurers. Find out where your state ranks.

Education ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Real clinical data gives medical students new perspectives

Medical students now can use real clinical data to examine patient populations and the value of health care with new, free tools from New York University School of Medicine.

Education Medical School Diversity

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Learn what med schools are doing to increase diversity

What are the most important factors in attracting a medical student body that reflects a diverse patient population? Join the online Google Hangout to listen, watch and share ideas.

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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CMS reopens period to apply for meaningful use hardship exemption

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it would reopen the submission period for hardship exception applications in the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, allowing more physicians to avoid next year’s payment adjustments for not demonstrating meaningful use.

Practice Management Claims Processing

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Coding cards can help prepare for ICD-10

Physicians have one year to comply with implementation of the ICD-10 code set. Get ready with new coding cards from the AMA Store. ICD-10-CM 2015 Snapshot Coding Cards: Multiple Specialties provide the most commonly reported diagnostic codes and associated guidelines for a specialty, including the specificity required to improve documentation.

Education ChangeMedEd Initiative

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How playing games can change medicine's future

In the health care system of tomorrow, physicians and patients will be playing many more games, according to some speakers with innovative ideas at TEDMED 2014, which took place last month in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Students Med School Life

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What MS4 students wish they had known about medical school

First-year medical students, and even those farther along in their education, may be feeling a bit overwhelmed. Hear tips from seasoned fourth-year students on what they wish they had known about medical school that would have helped them.