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Study: Physician compensation not keeping up with inflation
Last year, just about everyone took a hit from the U.S. economic crisis. Apparently that includes physicians, both primary-care physicians and specialists, whose overall compensation didn't keep up... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Coalition urges health plans to pay PCPs for value, not volume
Here's an idea that has been talked about for years, but seemingly is becoming more mainstream of late. A national healthcare quality coalition has started urging payers to change the way they... Read more...
Retail clinics get high marks in cost savings study
According to a new study, retail clinics are cheaper for patients than going to a primary care physician's office. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs and conducted by Dr. Lief Solberg... Read more...
