The most frequent cause of medical malpractice allegations against physicians is a failure to diagnose patients or a delay of diagnosis, according to Medscape's "The Rising Price of Risk Management: ...

Instead of just a medical doctor of anesthesia doing one case, the CAA can cover, and the doctor can cover more patients with that," Shelley Courington with the Coalition for a Healthy and Responsible ...

Among physicians surveyed in Medscape's "The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and Malpractice Report 2024," published Oct. 11, 53% believe that improving physician communication with ...

A former physician at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is suing her former employer, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after she refused the COVID-19 vaccine, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 10.

ASCs: Many ASCs have long been in deadlocks with CMS and other payers over declining reimbursement rates. When it comes to Medicare Advantage specifically, ASC physicians and leaders have cited ...

Interventional cardiologist Zaid Alirhayim, MD, has joined the Baxter Health Cardiovascular Clinic. Dr. Alirhayim specializes in treating patients with valvular heart disease, structural heart disease ...

5. Better definition of procedures and future reforms: The slow uptake of Texas' gold card program highlights the need for more widespread and comprehensive reforms to PA processes, Dr. Silva said.