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Robert Lowes
Robert Lowes is a former journalist for Medscape. He has previously been an editor at Medical Economics magazine and a contributor to numerous healthcare publications. His articles have won major awards such as first place in the annual journalism competition of the National Institute for Health Care Management, and several have been republished in books. Robert also is an anthologized poet.
Saying opioids were not a first-line therapy for chronic pain, the agency suggested limits for dosage and duration that have drawn objections from some medical societies.
'The average physician will look at this and think the game is rigged against them,' a lobbyist for group practices said about the lopsided numbers in Medicare's Valued-Based Payment Modifier program.
In each case, a man who visited an area with active Zika transmission developed symptoms shortly before his female sexual partner did. The cases underscore the need for couples to take precautions.
Kevin Lowe, MD, watched the chaos created by addicts, fake patients, and oxycodone traffickers on surveillance cameras, and collected millions of dollars in the process, prosecutors said.
A system now exists for drugs, but one FDA critic calls it 'moribund,' given the declining number of products flagged for potential risk signals. The agency says it's trying to catch up on data entry.
The measure, awaiting the president's signature, would make it easier for Medicare to exempt physicians from a 3% penalty because they were not given enough time to meet MU requirements in 2015.
In February, ABIM said diplomates needn't earn Practice Assessment, Patient Safety, or Patient Voice credits over the next 2 years. Now these requirements are on ice for another 2.
Ron Howrigon shared 'funny math' and other tricks of his old trade with practice leaders so they can negotiate better contracts with insurers who normally eat them for lunch.
The House of Delegates approved resolutions from medical students and residents directing the AMA to hold physicians accountable for the advice they dispense through mass media.
The long-awaited ruling preserves premium subsidies for 6.4 million Americans in 34 states that chose not to establish their own insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law.