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Physician-assisted suicide
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Accountable Care Organizations: What Are They and How Will They Impact Dermatology?
There is a strong consensus among policymakers that US health care costs are unsustainable. In 2011, total health care spending in the United...
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Health Care Reform and the Sustainable Growth Rate: What's Happening Now?
Despite the many health care reform policies enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, one legislative fix that has beset...
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Disclosing medical errors
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The Physician Compare Web Site
Gone are the days when a dermatologist’s reputation is derived solely from the word-of-mouth referrals of patients and other physicians.
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Covenants not to compete
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Dermatopathology in Clinical Practice: Avoiding Abuse of Self-referral and Client Billing
Dermatopathology is as important to the specialty of dermatology and the care of patients with skin disease as is any element of the specialty.
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The Independent Payment Advisory Board: A Potential Game Changer in Health Care Reform
A controversial provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (...
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Health Care Reform Produces Both Heat and Light With the Indoor Tanning Tax
It is fairly safe to say that most dermatologists are on the same page about indoor tanning. More research has become available on the correlation...
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Medication-related liability
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Dermatopathology in an Era of Health Care Reform
To predict the effects of health care reform on the practice of dermatopathology, one must be either omnipotent or foolish.