Physicians may not be as eager to retire as the industry has been led to believe, according to a recent survey of more than 400 physicians age 50 and older.
There are going to be trade-offs with any age thresholds that are set — start too early and do lots of testing that turns out to be unnecessary, start too late and miss some physicians whose competence has declined — but we can't let this difficulty keep us from moving forward.
This is the first year that all 50 states have adopted some form of telemedicine coverage. Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients using an audiovisual platform—a doctor’s appointment over Skype, remotely monitoring a patient’s vitals, messaging pictures of rashes and...
We reached out to compliance professionals who have undergone the SAFER matrix process at their facilities to hear their thoughts on the experience. Here's what they had to say.
