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Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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What makes a successful hospital-physician relationship

Health care delivery models—and relationships between hospitals and physicians—are changing rapidly, but until more systems implement new models, the traditional structure isn’t going away, according to discussions from an industry conference highlighted in an April 18 Health Affairs blog post.

Practice Management Sustainability

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New bill would free physicians to help victims of disasters

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last month could clear the way for out-of-state physicians to be able to lend their skills to the victims of federally declared disasters, preventing a repeat of the New Orleans catastrophes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita when medical volunteers were turned away as the result of vague liability and licensing laws. 

Education ChangeMedEd Initiative

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How supercomputers will change med ed, medical practice

Remember when Watson, the IBM supercomputer, competed against champions on the trivia game show Jeopardy! and won? The same technology could be interlaced into the practice of tomorrow’s physicians, necessitating a change in today’s medical education curriculum.

Education ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Creating the academic medical center of the future

As residents train to become the practicing physicians of tomorrow, academic medical centers are evaluating their futures as well, seeking to understand how to leverage their size, unique services and market prominence. A recent study from the Association of American Medical Colleges revealed key determinants in the successful AMC of the future.

Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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Physicians explain how to divvy payments in new models of care

Adopting care delivery reforms in your practice can help you achieve better physician-led, patient-centered care and increase your professional satisfaction. New resources from the AMA can help guide you through an appropriate payment system for new models of care.

Education Medical School Diversity

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For minorities, road to medical school a leaky pipeline

Minority students trying to pursue a career in medicine are rapidly leaving the “medical school pipeline,” a recent analysis of data by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows. 

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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What you won't see in the raw Medicare claims data

The public is getting its first glimpse of physicians’ Medicare claims data following a widely publicized data release Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Education ChangeMedEd Initiative

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5 competencies of the 21st-century physician

What does the doctor of the future look like? Physician educators have some idea, but medical education doesn’t yet broadly reflect what 21st century physicians will need to learn.