This in the future will effect the way we get reimbursed. As new payment methods gain traction, the nation’s second-largest insurer is taking leaps and bounds to transition away from the traditional fee-for-service model toward value-based payments, reported Forbes. Anthem wants to focus on enhancing payments for performance and shared-risk arrangements, CEO Joe Swedish said […]
Read MoreI thought this was an article our followers would want to read. Administrative burdens and long hours contribute to rising levels of physician burnout, so too do the emotional repercussions of being involved in an adverse event. Nearly half (46%) of doctors report they felt burnout, up from 40% in 2013, Medscape’s Physician Lifestyle Report, shows. […]
Read MoreIn the budget submitted to Congress on February 2, President Barack Obama is seeking almost $84 billion for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in fiscal 2016, about a $5 billion increase from the previous year. The funding would cover everything from a replacement of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, to […]
Read MoreI included this since anesthesia providers are sitting most of their day. A large analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine supports earlier observations that the health hazards of sedentary behavior aren’t completely neutralized by exercise. Researchers examined data from 47 studies that assessed the health effects of sedentary behavior adjusted for physical activity. Sedentary behavior was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Fengxian Li, M.D.; Changxiong J. Guo, B.A.; Cheng-Chiu Huang, Ph.D.; Guang Yu, Ph.D.; Sarah M. Brown, Ph.D.; Shiyuan Xu, M.D.; Qin Liu, Ph.D. Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists on 1 2015. Background: Isoflurane is a potent volatile anesthetic; however, it evokes airway irritation and neurogenic constriction through transient receptor potential (TRP) A1 channels and sensitizes TRPV1 channels, […]
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