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Medical groups with 100 physicians or more were given an extra three days to register for the CMS Physician Quality Reporting System, formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.
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Public health officials have been somewhat puzzled by low rates of HPV vaccination: only 54% of adolescent girls receive the first dose of the three-part vaccine series, and only 33% complete it. A new study by doctors and public health researchers at the University of Colorado sheds light on who...
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Converting to electronic health records has been a potentially helpful process, but also one that has frustrated South Dakota doctors who find the changeover cumbersome and inefficient, officials said.
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WellStar Health System's urgent-care centers and physicians will work with retail clinics in eight Walgreen Co. stores to expand the scope of services available and help manage the treatment of chronic diseases.
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Insurers looking to offer low-cost options on the new health insurance exchanges are knitting together narrow provider networks that are willing to offer lower prices in exchange for the guaranteed volume that comes with serving an entire patient population. But that raises thorny questions for...
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It's not easy to start a movement, but a new group of physicians and healthcare researchers are hoping to do so. They are looking to the Institute of Medicine to bolster their efforts to reduce diagnosis errors that lead to delayed or inappropriate treatments.
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Physician assistants are helping to fill the many holes in the U.S. healthcare system, providing tests, counseling and other basic care when a doctor is unavailable. They expect to get busier as healthcare reform starts making it easier for people to pay for medical care.
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Over the past two years, dozens of medical specialty groups have embraced a national campaign to reduce unneeded tests and procedures, with at least one notable exception: Emergency room doctors have been slow to join this push to cut costs and improve care.
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While the patient-centered medical home has been touted as the foundation for a better coordinated and more efficient healthcare system, experts now say medical home practices need to be connected to other parts of the healthcare system. To this end, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative...
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Nearly two weeks after the debut of Covered California, the state's online insurance marketplace, its website still doesn't offer a way to find out which doctors and hospitals are included in each health plan. The website tool designed to help shoppers cross-reference providers launched last week,...
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