Business of Medicine

• Should Physicians 'Prescribe' Housing for the Homeless? California's governor says housing should be prescribed like insulin or antibiotics. But most agree that while stable housing can improve health, it's too complex to prescribe.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2020
• Honolulu Marathon CEO Says He Was Abused by Michigan Doctor Dr James Barahal, a longtime physician, said now-deceased Dr Robert Anderson performed a 'completely inappropriate' act during a medical exam while Barahal was a student-athlete at Michigan in 1975.
  Associated Press, February 27, 2020
• Droperidol Resurfaces After Mysterious Disappearance After being banished for 20 years, droperidol is back on the market — and doctors are ready to embrace it.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• My Wrenching Decision to Leave Medicine After more than a decade as an internist, a physician explains why she is turning to entrepreneurship rather than to daily medical practice.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 26, 2020
• Hostile Culture 'Makes Worse Doctors'   A new study 'brings the numbers ' about the mistreatment of medical trainees.
  Medscape, February 26, 2020
• Ohio State Doc's Accusers: End Mediation, Proceed With Suits Some of the men suing Ohio State over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss are asking a judge to let the litigation resume.
  Associated Press, February 26, 2020
• Do Clinicians Need Training to Get Along? 'Interprofessional education' programs were part of the required curriculum at 143 medical schools in 2017-2018, and national nursing organizations promote them as well.
  Medscape Reader Polls, February 26, 2020
• Locum Tenens Surge Due to Doc Shortage, Turnover A new survey shows a big rise in the percentage of hospital and practice managers seeking locum tenens physicians as many employed physicians relocate.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• CMS Aims to Reduce Physician Burden While Improving Quality The federal agency unveiled new 'rules of the road' for setting standards for quality care and its oversight of measures to improve patient safety and reduce physician burden.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect Immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, have stopped using social services they may be entitled to out of fear they will be kicked out of the US, say advocates.
  Associated Press, February 25, 2020
• What Could Get Your Tax Return Audited? Here's What to Watch When filling out their tax return, some docs wonder how precise they should be, what they can deduct, and what will happen if they make a mistake. Here's the information you need.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• HHS Releases Plan to Reduce Clinician EHR Burdens The strategic report addresses clinical documentation, electronic reporting, and electronic health record (EHR) functionality and usability.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Physician Facebook Group Used in Alleged Multimillion Dollar Fraud Wire fraud and money laundering charged in a plan under which investors bought into a cryptocurrency-trading hedge fund. One of the 3 original partners was a surgeon, who praised the fund to peers.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Medical Student Mistreatment Higher Among Women, Minorities Mistreatment from senior physicians, nurses, and staff is more common among medical students who are female, nonwhite, and/or not heterosexual.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2020
• Frequent Inpatient Consults Up Care, Cost but Not Outcomes Medicare inpatients whose hospitalists relied more on specialist consultation had longer stays, greater costs, and higher subsequent specialist consultation but not better outcomes, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2020
• First Conference on Clinician Training for Medical Aid in Dying The first national conference of its kind sets out to provide specialized training for physicians who want to implement medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2020
• Docs Spurn Attempts to Criminalize Treatment of Transgender Kids Some US states propose to charge physicians with felonies; endocrinologists admit medical treatment of transgender youth is a work in progress but argue that legislating is not the way to go.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2020
• Physician Botches Pediatric Lumbar Puncture, Family Collects Treating physician accused of botching lumbar puncture; raising the bar for claiming punitive damages; a judge's instructions to the jury spark controversy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2020
• Feds Sue Yale Hospital for Age Discrimination of Older Clinicians Under the hospital's policy, the lawsuit says, only physicians over age 70 are required to take neuropsychological and eye exams.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2020
• Be Their Biggest Fan: 3 Things All Docs Should Know About Bupe   The Curbsiders, a trio of practicing internists, share practical tips on the management of 'bupe' by nonspecialists.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 21, 2020