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Ethics

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4 Min Read

Your patient wants to be a medical tourist—6 things you should do

Physicians should be prepared on how to respond when a patient asks for advice before a trip for treatment or seeks follow-up care after coming back. Learn to navigate these unique ethical challenges in medical tourism.
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Medicare & Medicaid

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3 Min Read

Digital medicine, QPP pushed ahead in 2019 Medicare final rules

AMA advocacy efforts helped push CMS to embrace digital medicine in the fee schedule. Also catch up on the latest changes to the Medicare Quality Payment Program.
Health care myths

Ethics

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4 Min Read

How health care myths can hurt patients

The online mountain of health content hasn’t put a damper on the proliferation of false beliefs. What should physicians do to stem the tide of medical myths?
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Access to Care

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5 Min Read

Short-term health plans will bring long-term pain for patients

The AMA and others ask a federal court to stop a rule that allows these health plans to undermine patient protections and sabotage the insurance risk pool.

Specialty Profiles

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8 Min Read

What it’s like in pediatric critical care: Shadowing Dr. Kuppy

Joanna Kuppy, MD, says she loves the acuity and thinking involved with pediatric critical care medicine, but her favorite thing is seeing children come back to visit after recovery.
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Scope of Practice

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4 Min Read

4 tips to be a better physician team leader

For team-based care to succeed, the team has to function ethically and effectively. Those objectives are achievable, but require physician leadership aware of how to promote both.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Woman with vaginal itching, discharge

The case: A 32-year-old woman has to vaginal itching and a malodorous discharge that is worse following her menses. What is the diagnosis?
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Leadership

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2 Min Read

James Burdick, MD: Harnessing health care wizardry

AMA member and senior physician James F. Burdick, MD, has made a big mark over his extensive career as a transplant surgeon.