For smokers, deaths with a cardiovascular or cancer-related cause, or ones that can be attributed to a respiratory disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are significantly more common than for nonsmokers. It is widely recognized that stopping smoking leads to a reduction in mortality risk. To make reliable statements on the timeline of this...
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How to Deal With the Hidden Problem of Insurer Underpayments
When insurers pay less than the rate specified in a practice’s contract, it can drain revenue without physicians even realizing it. As much as 3% of a typical practice’s expected revenue is lost to underpayments, according to one estimate. photo of medical expensesTo win back underpayments, billing staff must first root them out and then...
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The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here
Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD DISCLOSURES This segment of Medicine Matters by Sandra Fryhofer, MD, highlights updates in the 2024 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Adult Immunization Schedule. The biggest change for 2024 is that you don’t need to wait till January 1, 2024, for these schedules go into effect. Both schedules were published and...