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Access to Care

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HHS awards $3.2 million to support minority health insurance coverage

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Minority Health last week announced $3.2 million in grant awards to 13 organizations for supporting health coverage enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities.

Career Development

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Find opportunities for senior physicians via the JAMA Career Center

The JAMA Career Center® presents physician volunteer and career opportunities, news and information relevant to the full spectrum of medical practice. Job postings are updated daily for virtually every specialty, practice setting and region in the United States.

Ethics

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Physicians' role in driving social change: Ethics journal debates

Physicians and other experts in the field explore the role of physicians as agents of change in the September issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal.

Claims Processing

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Footing bill for insurers' pay methods shouldn't fall on doctors

An increasingly common payment method among health insurers offers these companies significant financial rewards while sticking physicians with all the associated fees and extra work.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Tomorrow’s doctors should question the status quo: TEDMED 2014

If physicians are going to lead health care changes, they’ll need to take unconventional approaches, ask a lot of questions and support innovation, speakers emphasized at TEDMED 2014.

Sustainability

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Physicians touch sensitive subjects at TEDMED 2014

Physicians, health care leaders and innovators took on these tough topics at the annual health and medicine edition of TED, encouraging listeners to be open and honest with themselves in the practice of medicine in order to enhance the doctor-patient relationship.

GME Funding

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GME reform essential, but how to proceed? Experts debate

A dozen experts—many of them physicians directly involved in medical education—presented an array of perspectives on the current state of GME and how to revise the system for the 21st century at a forum hosted by Health Affairs.

Infectious Diseases

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CDC provides physicians with resources on Ebola outbreak

In response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is educating physicians and health care workers in the United States on how to diagnose the disease and advise travelers on protecting their health.