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Alert State of the Union Speech Long on Jobs, Short on Healthcare President Barack Obama lays out a vision for economic fairness but pays little attention to the state of healthcare.
Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2012
Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma What is the best way to determine the most desirable candidates for liver transplantation in a group of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma?
Liver International, January 17, 2012
New-onset Diabetes After Renal Transplantation Should glucose or A1c be used to screen for diabetes in kidney transplant patients?
Diabetes Care, January 16, 2012
'Friend' Briefs for and Against ACA Pour Into Supreme Court Democratic state attorneys general and several medical societies argue for the individual mandate, while another medical society advocates striking down the entire law.
Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2012

Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 2012
If Patients Bash You on Internet Rating Sites, Consider This Being trashed on the Internet is a distressing experience for physicians. How to decide whether it's worth fighting back?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse An "Obamacare" opponent asserts that the president avoided discussing healthcare reform because the topic is contentious, and says why we should repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 2012
4 Problems With Bundled Payments Doctors are concerned that bundled payments will provide lower payments to physicians for their roles in patient care. But lower payments are just one of the problems bundled payments bring.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012

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Feds Target Roles of PAs and Nurses for Comparative Research The proposed priorities of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute are broad, but they zoom in on issues of the day for physicians.
Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2012
Building Health Reform's Research Arm Patient Centered Outcomes Research Intstiute (PCORI) is not quite a household name, but if Dr. Anne Beal has her way, it will be soon.
Kaiser Health News, January 13, 2012

Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 26, 2012
4 Problems With Bundled Payments Doctors are concerned that bundled payments will provide lower payments to physicians for their roles in patient care. But lower payments are just one of the problems bundled payments bring.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 19, 2012