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Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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6 Min Read

How AI is leading to more prior authorization denials

Over 60% of doctors say unregulated AI tools systematically deny patients coverage for necessary care. The AMA is fighting to fix prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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9 Min Read

Improving access to maternity care in Iowa’s health care deserts

57% of counties in Iowa don’t have an obstetric facility. That is why University of Iowa Health Care is focused on improving maternity care in the state.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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3 Min Read

Match: Which specialties place most residents through SOAP

More than 700 programs took part in the Supplement Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) last year. Take a deeper dive into the numbers. 

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Transition to Residency
The Road to Residency
Fix Medicare now
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4 Min Read

Spending proposal means devastating 5th year of Medicare pay cuts

Congress is on the verge of abandoning patients and physicians by adopting a short-term funding deal that fails to address broken Medicare pay system.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Putting a spotlight on lifestyle medicine to prevent chronic disease

Dr. Michael Suk, an orthopaedic surgeon, is one of a growing number of physicians finding value in lifestyle medicine. The first pillar: Get off the couch.

Prevention & Wellness
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12 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about measles

If 10 unvaccinated people are in a room with someone with the measles, nine will get infected. Two physicians share how to prevent measles. 

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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11 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about prostate cancer

When found early, prostate cancer is a curable disease, but men’s risk of prostate cancer varies. Two physicians share what to keep in mind.  

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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5 Min Read

4 big ways BP measurement goes wrong, and how to tackle them

Inaccurate blood pressure measurement can lead to incorrect hypertension classification. These are the errors that often occur and how to address them.

Prevention & Wellness