Staff News Writer

If your significant other isn’t in medicine, he or she may appreciate some insight into your unique situation. The AMA Alliance magazine, Physician Family, offers 10 practical tips for living with medical students.

Have you asked the health insurers you work with to pay claims via electronic funds transfer (EFT)? Insurers are required to offer this regulatory standard payment method using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network if you request it.

Participants in a diabetes prevention program 15 years ago continue to have lower rates of type 2 diabetes development than those assigned to a placebo, according to the latest findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions.

New recommendations by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission seek to correct how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) attributes patients to physicians so most doctors will be able to participate in more than one accountable care organization if they so choose.

A national summit to discuss federal, state and community responses to the prescription drug abuse crisis took place at the White House earlier this month, underscoring the enormity and importance of the problem.

More graduate medical education positions are necessary to ensure there are enough doctors to meet the nation’s health care needs. Delegates passed policy to investigate new solutions for GME funding and workforce expansion and to continue advocating for additional federal GME funding.

Samuel A. Cassell, MD, was recognized earlier this month with the Jack B. McConnell, MD, Award for Excellence in Volunteerism, an honor awarded by the AMA Foundation to a senior physician who provides treatment to U.S. patients who lack access to care.