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Need to Raise Resident Awareness on Care Costs, Study Concludes
A survey of about 18,000 residents training in internal medicine found that nearly three-fourths were unaware of the costs of the treatment that they prescribe for patients or the tests that they order.
A survey of about 18,000 residents training in internal medicine in the United States found that nearly three-fourths were unaware of the costs of the treatment that they prescribe for patients or the tests that they order.
The study was designed by the American College of Physicians and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine was designed to understand the knowledge of, attitude toward, and self-reported practice of High Value Care that balances the cost of care with benefits and harms among internal medicine residents.
A co-author on the study, which was published in the Academic Medicine: The Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, said she was surprised with the small number of residents who were aware of the costs of treatments and diagnostic tests and incoporated them into their clinical decisions.
These results have prompted the American College of Physicians to design a new curriculum that would train physicians to include costs and patient treatment goals in their clinical decisions.
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CMS' 340B Repayment Proposal May Harm Vulnerable Hospitals, Reward Those With Higher Revenues
April 26th 2024The 340B hospitals not receiving an offsetting lump-sum payment from CMS following 2018-2022 cuts later ruled unlawful are disproportionately rural, publicly owned, and nonacademic, according to a new study.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
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