The ongoing VA efforts to modernize their electronic health record (EHR) system will likely cost between $1 billion and $2.6 billion more than originally estimated, according to an audit performed by the Veterans Affairs’ (VA)...Read More »
Physician compensation during the COVID-19 pandemic remained largely unchanged, even as just about everything else across the healthcare landscape shifted, HealthLeaders reported.
Physician’s mental health and professional feelings of burnout represents an ongoing concern, according to The Physicians Foundation. Some 58% of physicians reported feelings associated with burnout in a...Read More »
It may seem logical, but clinical judgement—or mistakes thereof—represents a serious concern in relation to malpractice suits according to a CRICO Strategies study, MedPage Today reported. Diagnosis-related malpractice cases cost nearly $2 billion, in commercial liability payouts....Read More »
More than $3 million could be owed by Anthem, according to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit. Anthem reportedly submitted unsupported diagnosis codes for “123 of the 203 enrollee-years,” for seven high-risk groups....Read More »
Primary care clinicians overestimate the probability of disease before and after diagnostic testing, which likely leads to overutilization of treatment that could harm patients, according to a study published in the...Read More »
