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‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Bill of Health

One in ten women have it, yet, on average, people with the condition see seven doctors before they get diagnosed. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that doctors trust female patients less than male patients. Doctors routinely dismiss endometriosis symptoms as “bad periods” and hypochondria. Endometriosis is a silent crisis.

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The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create

Bill of Health

has adopted myriad policies that limit the supply of doctors despite the fact that there aren’t enough. And the maldistribution of physicians — with far too few pursuing primary care or working in rural areas — is arguably an even bigger problem. By Leah Pierson. Recently, Derek Thompson pointed out in the Atlantic that the U.S.

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Health Provider News

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Million CALIFORNIA California hospital dismisses CEO California physician pleads guilty to $2.5M million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’ Million CALIFORNIA California hospital dismisses CEO California physician pleads guilty to $2.5M million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’ million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’

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Caring for Patients with Serious Illness: Insights from Kristofer Smith

Bill of Health

My mother was busy raising four children, and I watched her try to navigate and manage the health needs of my great grandmother and saw firsthand how difficult it was to get services in the home, how difficult it was to get her out to see the doctor.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

Packing more billable work into doctors’ time. This idea was cited by Dr. Ali Parsa, who is CEO and Founder of Babylon , an AI-based analytcs company in health. In our mostly fee-for-service model, visits are still what doctors get paid for. The premise of this article embraces an irony. If the U.S.

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While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Populi

health care system every other year. adults ages 27-75 who had seen the same doctor at least once in the past year. 42% of Americans could afford a bill of $500 or less before they would have financial issues; 22% could afford between $501 and $2,500; and, 37% could afford more than $2,500 to pay for an unexpected health issue.

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Health Provider News

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Vincent Named President of the Association of Black Cardiologists Arkansas Children’s Hires Morse as Chief Administrator for ACNW Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals partners raise $5.4 area philanthropist opens women’s wellness center in Bethesda D.C. public relations firm strikes second acquisition after landing PE investment D.C.’s