If you think you've faced tough times and challenges, you should talk to Dr. Frank Fisher about what he's been through.
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While the sustainable growth-rate Medicare-payment formula continued to dominate physician news, a multitude of other issues—including marijuana legalization and mystery-shopper shenanigans—helped make things interesting in 2011.
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Doctor misbehavior—past and present—remained in the news all year, as new misdeeds made headlines and the legal consequences of past misconduct played out in the nation's courts and state medical boards.
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Too bad for the father of our country that 212 years ago the fields of patient safety, healthcare quality improvement and comparative effectiveness weren't very advanced—or even in existence.
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Too bad for the father of our country that 212 years ago the fields of patient safety, healthcare quality improvement and comparative effectiveness weren't very advanced—or even in existence.
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Political, philosophical and economic differences will cause the split between primary-care doctors and specialists to widen.
That was the bold prediction this reporter made, and it appears to be coming true.
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There's no truth to rumors that, in lieu of replacing the sustainable growth-rate formula used to calculate healthcare provider Medicare payments, Congress is working on a tax break so physicians can deduct the cost of white lab coats and other clinical apparel. According to those rumors, this proposal was cynically called "Clothes, but no SGR."
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If not for the boring speeches, tedious business meetings and PowerPoint-driven education sessions, healthcare conferences could be a blast.
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