Practice Management News

The FDA recently announced several new requirements meant “to drive more judicious prescribing” of transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products used for the management of breakthrough cancer pain in patients tolerant to these products.

Legal and political battles have put the fate of the Affordable Care Act, and health care for millions of Americans, back into the spotlight and ensure that that it will play a pivotal role in the 2020 elections.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Disclosing medical errors can be incredibly challenging conversations, but when done the right way by presenting fact-based information and being authentic and compassionate, both hospitalists and patients and their families benefit, Aaron C. Hamilton, MD, MBA, hospitalist at Cleveland Clinic, said during his presentation at Hospital Medicine 2019.

As Norman “Ned” E. Sharpless, MD, prepares to become acting FDA commissioner in a few days, experts are divided in how he should address the explosion of e-cigarette use among minors and the devastating opioid epidemic whose tide has not turned.

Purdue Pharma recently agreed to pay Oklahoma $270 million rather than face trial on charges of misleading marketing practices and misrepresentation regarding Oxycontin, according to company and state press releases.

The FDA issued warning letters to two online networks for illegally marketing unapproved, misbranded and potentially harmful opioids, such as tramadol, requesting immediate seizure of sales to consumers, according to a press release issued by the agency.

Clinical practice guidelines issued by specialty societies in North America often call for greater use of services associated to their own specialties, and at times contradict European guidelines and those from independent North American groups, according to a commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Overall wages for U.S. physicians have plateaued, but the disparity in pay between men and women has narrowed slightly, according to a new report.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Occupational burnout is pervasive among health care providers, but physicians have the power to address the issue head on with both individual and organizational interventions, according to a presentation at Hospital Medicine 2019.

Researchers have found machine-learning algorithms that appear to accurately identify people at risk for opioid overdose, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.