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Physician compensation up for most specialties
(HealthDay)—Physician compensation has gone up for almost all specialties, according to a 2015 report published by Medscape.
Apr 29, 2015
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59 percent of California physicians support Affordable Care Act, study shows
UCLA researchers have found that 77 percent of California primary care and specialty physicians understand the basics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 59 percent support it. The survey, conducted by doctors ...
Apr 15, 2015
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MA health reform did not lower preventable hospitalizations or reduce racial disparities
In the first three years after Massachusetts implemented its 2006 health care reform, which reduced the number of uninsured people in the state by roughly half, the rate of preventable hospitalizations did not decline compared ...
Apr 1, 2015
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Will the Affordable Care Act eliminate health disparities?
Massachusetts' health reform may be a crystal ball for researchers and policymakers in forecasting the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act. Many see the ACA as the backbone of efforts toward closing the nation's health ...
Apr 1, 2015
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France aims to criminalize advertising with anorexic models
France's health minister says she supports plans to criminalize the use of advertising with anorexic models in France.
Mar 16, 2015
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The ACA may reduce ER visits (slightly) but doesn't affect hospitalizations
Two patient groups created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - Medicare patients enrolled in federally designated patient-centered medical homes and people under age 26 who are allowed to remain on their parents' health insurance ...
Mar 12, 2015
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Medical device surveillance on the horizon
Thousands of people around the world have been exposed to toxic chemicals generated by their metal hip implants. Similarly, many patients have contracted infections from pieces of implanted mesh used in hernia-repair surgery, ...
Mar 6, 2015
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Obama dismissive as US House votes to repeal 'Obamacare'
US House Republicans took the increasingly routine step Tuesday of voting to repeal "Obamacare," a seemingly doomed effort that President Barack Obama ridiculed as making "absolutely no sense."
Feb 4, 2015
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Care of patients prior to making a diagnosis rarely assessed by quality measures
An examination of process measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum finds that these measures focus predominantly on management of patients with established diagnoses, and that quality measures for patient presenting ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Full-time employment with no health benefits was a trend for workers in 2012
(Medical Xpress)—Almost half of the 6.9 million Californians who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Dec 23, 2014
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