Without congressional intervention, the Medicare physician payment schedule will decrease again next year, this time by 2.83%. Meanwhile the cost of practicing medicine continues to grow, as CMS projects the
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More than 46 million, or 16.5%, of Americans meet the criteria for having substance use disorder, yet 94% receive no treatment, according to a 2021 study. The Sunflower Foundation’s Kansas
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MSSC has several members whose parents or grandparents were also MSSC members. But perhaps the family with the widest and deepest MSSC roots is the Hagans, which is on its
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A landmark 1973 report titled “The Sick Physician” declared physician impairment a widespread prob¬lem. In addition to physicians having higher rates of drug addiction than the general population, about 100
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Communicating between clinicians can be challenging — especially when they work at different locations or practices and use different electronic medical records. That is why the MSSC Board of Directors
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Sedgwick County ranked below the average county in Kansas and the nation on several health outcomes, according to the 2024 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps prepared by the University of
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called on Congress last month to require a warning on social media platforms stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms
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Though Gov. Laura Kelly called a special session this month to address tax policy, the 2024 legislative session concluded last month and had significant successes for healthcare and the practice
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Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting hospitals and other medical providers. Ascension and its local hospitals are recent victims but far from alone. From 2018-22, there was a 93% increase in large
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The Federal Trade Commission voted last month to issue a final rule prohibiting most noncompete agreements, including for physicians. The rule takes effect 120 days after formal publication but is
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