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Spanning from “meaningless work” to nonsensical Medicare reimbursement policies, a report from The Physicians Foundation lists 10 regulatory irritants that it says are distorting the service of medicine, inflating health costs and frustrating physicians. » Full article
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When it comes to ICD-10, physicians should remember that documenting encounters will be far more important than memorizing 68,000 new medical codes. Incremental training works best. Here's why. » Full article
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A group of more than 40 electronic health records developers made headlines recently when they announced an "EHR Developer Code of Conduct" that outlined plans to enhance patient safety, data portability, system interoperability and security. But not everyone in the health IT industry was so impressed. » Full article
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The perceived current and future shortage of primary care physicians has been attracting lots of attention from U.S. health policymakers, but a recent policy brief from the Graham Center suggests the U.S. is facing a bigger primary care problem: an uneven distribution of physicians. » Full article
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