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Resident Wellness

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Top tips to survive residency—advice for partners of residents

The years in residency can be difficult and stressful, both for residents and their significant others. The AMA Alliance magazine, Physician Family, offers 10 top tips for partners of medical residents to survive residency.

Judicial Advocacy

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Court squelches challenge to customary practice of medicine

In Kentucky Board of Chiropractic Examiners v. Barlow, an appeals court upheld the ability of physicians to provide expert review and testimony in keeping with their full scope of practice and training.

HIPAA

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HIPAA audits to resume shortly; make sure you're compliant

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) plans to implement random Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audits to monitor compliance, beginning as soon as later this summer.

Population Health

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Physical activity helps older adults stay mobile longer: JAMA study

A structured, moderate-intensity physical activity program compared with a health education program reduced major mobility disability over 2.6 years among older adults at risk for disability, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Behavioral Health

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CDC report: 46 people die from Rx painkiller overdose each day

The prescription drug overdose epidemic claims nearly four dozen lives in the United States every day, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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5 ways to prepare for the USMLE

Are you getting ready to take the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE)? These five steps outline practical tips for preparing, including useful resources.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Avoid 2016 Medicare penalty: Use a registry for quality reporting

Physicians who don’t successfully report for Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) this year will face a 2 percent payment penalty in 2016.

Digital

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Physicians take on telemedicine to bolster care delivery

Recognizing the ability of telemedicine to improve access to care, increase care coordination and quality, and reduce growth in health care spending, the nation’s physicians have set out to shape essential elements of telemedicine to ensure patients receive the best possible care.