With less time to manage both their practices and the finances many physicians have poor or no financial plans, which can erode their wealth before they even retire.
Every year thousands of physicians are victims of medical identity theft, and for a third of those cases it takes more than a year before the thefts are actually discovered.
Even if they don't work as well, by switching to the generic equivalent of drugs as soon as they're available, prescribers in the U.S. saved the health care system and consumers more than $900 billion.
And now for something different: hospitals in Maryland are keeping lists of malpractice lawyers to refer patients to. These lawyers are willing to offer discounted fees in exchange for trying to settle cases quickly.
Despite any progresses made in health care in the U.S., there are still a lot of challenges facing the industry, not the least of which is a 'broken political culture.'
A doctor's dream to make urgent care more efficient became a reality when he franchised his company. Now his franchises are in 23 states, making Doctors Express the first ever nationally franchised urgent care.
The overuse of health care services has been seriously understudied, despite the fact that it can be attributed to almost a third of U.S. health care spending.
After 20 years of demonstrations by Medicare’s administrators, the Congressional Budget Office has found that most programs did not reduce federal spending on Medicare.