Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup?Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's FutureDr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'?A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Total Knee Replacement Improved by 3 StrategiesThe High Value Healthcare Collaborative has used administrative data to identify major differences in how primary total knee replacement is done and is testing 3 strategies for improving care.
The RUC's Empty GestureIn this commentary, Brian Klepper and Paul Fischer believe the recent measures by the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) to improve the status of primary care physicians are inadequate.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 11, 2012
Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'?A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
