Medscape Medical News - Business of Medicine

• Fla. Docs Can Soon Deny Patient Care Over Personal Beliefs A new Florida law allows clinicians to opt out of providing services that go against their religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. Civil rights groups say the legislation contradicts the duty to care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2023
• Doctors Fervently Hope Fed Ban on Noncompetes Gets Passed Noncompete agreements, a long-standing thorn in the side of physicians and other clinicians, may become a thing of the past depending on an upcoming final decision.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2023
• Feds Extend Pandemic Telehealth Rules Until November Restrictions on telehealth prescribing of controlled medications were set to resume May 11 with the end of the federal public health emergency. That's been postponed amid pushback from clinicians who want the more flexible pandemic rules to continue.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2023
• 5 Ways Docs May Qualify for Discounts on MedMal Premiums Doctors may be eligible for significant discounts on their medical malpractice insurance premiums. Here are tips for maximizing your savings.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2023
• Med Students Gain Momentum in Push to Ban Legacy Admissions Legislators and medical student leaders are advancing efforts to stop legacy admissions, a practice they say limits diversity and offers an advantage to applicants with relations to alumni and donors.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2023
• Part-Time Physician: Is It a Viable Career Choice? There may be many solutions for overstressed, burned out, and overworked physicians. Perhaps going part-time is one of them; but there are also negatives to consider.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2023
• Kaiser Permanente Acquires Geisinger Health in $5B Mega-Deal While regulators still must review this initial acquisition, the marriage of Kaiser and Geisinger would create a behemoth with more than $100 billion in annual revenue.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2023
• Feds Paid Doctors Twice By Mistake For Veterans' Care The US federal government paid private doctors twice by mistake for veterans' care
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2023
• Nursing School Enrollment Declines Following 20-Year Growth With fewer students entering nursing schools, leaders of nursing colleges are concerned that the pipeline of nurses training during a national staffing shortage is at risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2023
• Two Canadian Provinces Lift Licensing Barriers for US Docs Canada is facing a physician shortage and two provinces have removed licensing roadblocks to lure US doctors. But will they come?
  Medscape Medical News, May 01, 2023
• Scarred Med Student Trained by Dermatologist Who Treated Her A vicious dog attack led Jamie Harris to change her specialty and shadow the doctor who minimized her wounds.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2023
• Proposed Medicare Bill Would Raise Docs' Pay With Inflation Doctors' groups have long sought to tie Medicare physician pay hikes to inflation. New federal legislation could finally achieve that.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2023
• Students, Docs Ponder Med School Rankings After Harvard Quits Long the gold standard students used to judge medical schools, the US News & World Report rankings recently lost some influence. Doctors in training offer options for weighing a school's value.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2023
• Utah Takes the Lead Granting PAs and NPs More Practice Freedom Advanced practice providers score a double victory when Utah joins the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact and adopts full practice authority for nurse practitioners.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2023
• Surgeons, Intensivists Earn the Most From Private Insurance On average, physicians in 18 specialties netted $1.9 million a year, according to a new AMN Healthcare report
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2023
• 5 Daily Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Medical Practice Physicians often overlook these key factors in making their practice more profitable and successful.
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2023
• Will Physicians Retire En Masse Soon? A wave of physician retirements have been predicted in the coming years and more than 2 out of 5 physicians will reach 65 years of age in the next decade. What does it mean for medicine?
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2023
• Physician Compensation Climbs Amid Postpandemic Change Average compensation across specialties rose to $352,000 in 2022 — up nearly 17% from the 2018 — Medscape's latest Physician Compensation Report shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 17, 2023
• Evolving Cannabis Nursing Specialty Struggles for Acceptance As more states legalize the use of medical marijuana, advocates say there's need for nurses and nursing students to provide accurate patient education, but curriculum and licensing is lacking.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2023
• More States Nix Nonconsensual Pelvic Exams by Med Students Intimate exams under anesthesia without consent are illegal in nearly half the country and forbidden by industry ethical standards. But they still occur. Some opponents consider them sexual abuse.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2023