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Residents With Children Are at a Financial Breaking Point
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (1425+ words) Add to Email Alerts The cost of raising children in the US has outpaced wages across most professions, but for medical residents, the gap between what they earn and what it costs to care for a family is stark. Consider…...
Medicare Part D and Dermatologic Care: A Changing Landscape
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (580+ words) Medicare Part D and Dermatologic Care: A Changing Landscape'Medscape The Changing Landscape of Medicare Part D and Dermatologic Care Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Washington, DC Disclosure: Klint Peebles, MD, has disclosed the following relevant…...
Even ‘Good’ Insurance Leaves Cancer Patients Paying More
1+ week, 6+ day ago (472+ words) Professor of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research; President, Medicine & Science, City of Hope, Atlanta, Chicago Disclosure: Maurie Markman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: AstraZeneca; GSK;…...
Cancer Care Costs High Among Privately Insured Patients
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (344+ words) Patients with private insurance face substantial additional monthly out-of-pocket costs following a cancer diagnosis. Cancer Care Costs High Among Privately Insured Patients Edited by Gargi Mukherjee A recent analysis found that privately insured US patients with newly diagnosed cancer, especially…...
A Life on the Line and $250K in Debt Amid Insurer Denials
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (1723+ words) The diagnosis came just as Nathan Kirkland and his wife were preparing for the birth of their second child in April 2024. Tests showed Kirkland, then 35 years, had intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in parts of the…...
Infographic: Doctors’ Experiences With the Tax Man
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (122+ words) DISCLOSURES | July 17, 2025 The average tax bill for a US physician and their family rose by about 4.6% in 2024. Eighty-two percent of doctors told Medscape that tax bill was too high, and 68% said they understand how the tax system works. Still, of…...
‘Gold Card’ Programs to Reduce Prior Auth ‘Underwhelming’
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (967+ words) Gold card" programs were supposed to make it easier for frustrated physicians to deal with insurers" burdensome prior authorization demands. The idea: Insurers would reward doctors whose past prior authorization requests were typically approved by exempting them from red tape…...
Insurers’ New Prior Authorization Pledge Draws Skepticism
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (1231+ words) DISCLOSURES | June 25, 2025 As US health insurers promote a new joint plan to overhaul prior authorization (PA) as a major advance, clinician and patient advocates say insurers have provided few specifics about what will change and how they'll be held accountable....
Medicare Advantage Plans: Where’s the Advantage?
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (147+ words) Madelaine (Mattie) A. Feldman, MD DISCLOSURES | June 04, 2025 Industry groups like AHIP insist that MA plans "deliver better services, better access to care, and better value." Yet, independent voices, such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy, point out that "private plans were…...
4 Things to Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (771+ words) Newly released regulations governing Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D next year are a mixed bag for physicians. The rules for 2026 will provide some relief on the prior authorization (PA) front, but they'll also aggravate clinicians champing for reimbursement relief…...