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Former national coordinator named assistant health and human services secretary

Some critics of the EHR incentive program have said the slow rate of attestation shows that the program should be revamped or dropped.

Physicians are feeling more positive about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year compared with 2013, according to a new survey.

Understand the legal issues of letting employees use their personal smartphones and other mobile devices for work purposes.

A new report suggests that primary care can phase out fee-for-service models by incorporating multiple healthcare teams, diverse pay models and technology.

Advanced practice RNs can hep to fill gaps in the nation's primary care delivery system, a reader says.

A reader suggests that physicians withhold non-emergency medical care from members of Congress and executives of health insurance companies as a way to emphasize their concerns over the problems of healthcare delivery.

Physicians don't need the government to implement the medical home concept, a reader argues.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that subsidies paid to people who purchased a health plan through the federal healthcare exchange established under the ACA are invalid.

Standards for accessing care vary widely

A reader says healthcare spending in the United States can't be meaningfully compared to spending in other industrialized countries.

A reader doubts the existence of a physician shortage.

Majority say they were dissatisfied with purchase experience, but like ability to compare plans and affordability

Physicians are subject to a wide range of federal and state mandates impacting their practice. Some of these requirements are murky, such as laws addressing discrimination against patients who speak limited or no English.

A reader disagrees with a recent American College of Physicians guideline regarding contraception and abortion.

A reader defends the American Osteopathic Association's decision to pursue a single GME accreditation program.

Rehearing could lessen possibility of Supreme Court ending availability of tax subsidies to buy health insurance

After a decline, more beneficiaries have trouble affording their medications or paying for other necessities

A reader describes the costs to her practice of maintaining certification.

A reader says the certification exam for internal medicine has little relevance to his practice.

A reader says the MOC process is doomed.

A physician disagrees with the views of an insurance company spokesman regarding the need for prior authorizations.

States actively embracing two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act show steepest declines in those without insurance.

A writer says that accountable care organizations (ACOs) will be successful only if the goals of all participating organizations, including patients, are aligned.

Meaningful, timely cost information leads consumers away from hospitals, towards freestanding and office-based procedures

Primary care physicians used to provide the services of a patient medical home, a reader notes.

Many pressures are contributing to physicians' decisions to leave medical practices.

New survey finds disconnect in ways patients, experts evaluate quality in healthcare

A recent vote by the American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates clears the way for the unification process to begin

Avoiding coding mistakes in ICD-10 by highlighting the major changes from ICD-9