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Medicare & Medicaid

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Meaningful use exemption added as EHR program moves forward

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced an addition to its hardship exemptions available to physicians who are unable to demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR).

Residency Prep

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Graduating students reflect on the 2014 Match: "Do what's best for you"

The dust surrounding the 2014 National Resident Matching Program has settled, and about 94.4 percent of U.S. allopathic seniors were placed into residency positions. After the anxiety of the long wait and the joy during Match Week, students now are turning their attention toward their futures.

Leadership

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Creating a better health care system: Experts explore options

The AMA’s work in its three strategic focus areas are building blocks toward a better health care system, said AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, MD, Thursday during a capstone panel hosted by The Atlantic.

Scope of Practice

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Where we are on the road to physician-led integrated care

If you’re in a physician-led integrated practice setting, or moving in that direction, the annual meeting of the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section (IPPS) will shed light on how physicians are shaping emerging care delivery and payment models.

Medicare & Medicaid

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House resorts to "trickery" in passing unwanted Medicare patch

In a move that is being called an “outrageous” ploy, the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday used a voice vote—absent the majority of representatives—to pass a Medicare payment patch strongly opposed by physician groups. 

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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How competency-based pilots are making medical education more dynamic

As the health care system and patient care needs continue to evolve, the amount of knowledge available to physicians increases exponentially.

Behavioral Health

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Alcohol screening/intervention gives little help controlling students' unhealthy drinking

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at how effective a Web-based screening and intervention was for reducing unhealthy drinking among college students on a national scale.

Improve GME

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Duty-hour trials examine effects of dropping current standards

Two large national, multi-institutional resident trials could address key questions concerning the effects of duty-hour standards on patient care and safety and the professional training of physicians.