Practice Management News

Despite state insurance mandates, racial and ethnic disparities in the use of IVF and its clinical outcomes remain, researchers reported.

Changes in state-level availability of reproductive health services — namely closures of Planned Parenthood facilities — were associated with severe maternal morbidity, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, aka TIPS, provide investors with a return that is indexed to inflation over the life of the bond. With the sharp increase in inflation that began in 2021, many investors who own TIPS expected to see gains as a result.

COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates increased among infants during the omicron-predominant period compared with the delta-predominant period, according to a new MMWR.

A number of commonly used medications can promote weight gain in patients, but there are more weight-favorable alternatives that physicians can help patients transition to.

The placebo effect may play a role in the results of randomized controlled trials investigating medications for vasomotor symptoms, according to a meta-analysis published in Menopause.

So, you’ve reached consensus with your partners that it’s time to sell the practice. You’ve done your research on potential platforms/buyers, and you’ve started to engage advisers. What’s next? Time to look inward.

Compared with non-Hispanic white women, women of other races and ethnicities waited significantly longer for pregnancy-related emergency care, according to study data.

In states where Medicaid policies exclude immigrants, Asian and Hispanic women were less likely to have access to prenatal care in the first trimester, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

CHICAGO — Low-income and underrepresented populations are at greater risk for neurodevelopmental effects related to chemical exposures, according to an expert at the 2022 American Neurological Association annual meeting.