Practice Management News

Our next post in this series addresses the taxation of sale proceeds if a target practice is classified as an S corporation.

All-cause maternal mortality rates increased nearly 30% in the United States from 2019 to 2020, with racial and ethnic disparities evident across the board, according to the results of a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month, which brings attention to common diseases of the cervix — cervical cancer and HPV specifically — and the people affected by and measures that can be taken to prevent them.

Across birth cohorts since the 1940s, young adults in the United States have consistently reported that they intended to have about two children on average, with the typical intended childlessness rate falling below 15%.

A record number of Americans — 16.3 million — signed up for health insurance through Affordable Care Act Marketplaces in 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced Wednesday.

Amazon has further expanded its reach into health care with a new discount prescription drug program.

Within 30 days of gender-affirming vaginoplasty, there were no deaths and few severe complications, according to the findings of a retrospective cohort study.

Compared with expectant management, inducing labor at 39 weeks’ gestation may be cost-effective for nulliparas with unfavorable cervical exams, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The rate of hysterectomy was lower in 2020 compared with 2019, with the greatest decrease corresponding with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Since 2008, the rate of bilateral mastectomy among patients with early-stage breast cancer increased, decreased and finally stabilized with similar rates in 2020 as 2008, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.