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The Doctor Is Out: Young Talent Is Turning Away From Primary Care
Health Care Reform Driving Physicians Together
Doctors’ pay rises with new patients
Getting in to see a primary-care doctor at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals has for years been notoriously hard, with many popular practices closed to new patients. But now, reflecting dramatic shifts in health care, the prestigious hospitals are paying doctors more if they agree to accept new patients.
Read the Article>Doctors' prescriptions raise suspicions of Medicaid fraud
Minnesota officials are reporting a handful of doctors to the state medical board for potential disciplinary action because of the amount of addictive painkillers and potent psychotropic drugs they have prescribed.
Read the Article>Health Care That No One Can Cope With Without Help
If You Feel O.K., Maybe You Are O.K.
A push to train more primary-care doctors
First-year medical student Hannah Segal sees the same patients and finds herself managing the same ailments during her frequent visits to a community health clinic on downtown Los Angeles' skid row.
Read the Article>Smarter Healthcare: Let's Pay Doctors to Keep People Healthy
Stemming the tide of overtreatment in U.S. healthcare
A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.
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