A patient arrives for surgery after weeks of waiting. They have fasted, taken time off work, arranged transport, and prepared themselves mentally for the operation. Then the anesthesiologist says, “I ...
Read together, the 1,078 essays and podcast transcripts on this page say one thing consistently: physicians describe primary care as the part of medicine that is worth the most and paid the least, and ...
For decades, we have been told the stories of medicine through the eyes of the people who provide it. Medical dramas place doctors and nurses at the center of the narrative: the brilliant surgeon ...
Physician reimbursement has faced sustained downward pressure for years, while insurers have expanded tools, including AI-driven audits, prior authorizations, and retrospective reviews, so that they ...
It wasn’t long ago that my new homeowners insurance company threatened me, stating I have to get a new roof. Of course they weren’t going to cover it. The last time I had a new roof installed was 2004 ...
Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD is a psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine physician, and the founder, chief executive officer, and chief medical officer of Blue Mountain Psychiatry in the Greater ...
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Your insurance company says these therapists take your plan. Most of them do not. That is the allegation behind seven ...
On the 13th floor of the Jen Chi station-front building in Taipei, a school bell rings. The room does not feel like a hospital. Older adults move through simple exercise, cognitive activities, music, ...
As the third-highest opioid-prescribing medical specialty representing 6 to 8 percent of all U.S. opioid prescriptions, orthopedic surgeons carry an outsized share of responsibility for reducing ...
The effectiveness of a health care system is routinely judged by the care patients receive. Far less attention is given to the conditions under which that care is delivered. Health care policy ...
Recently, a patient of mine shared her final follow-up after successful cancer treatment. Instead of celebrating the clear scans, she burst into tears. Recovery from serious illness is often seen as a ...
Musculoskeletal and mental-health conditions are among the most consequential and costly health challenges in the United States. Musculoskeletal conditions affect more than one-third of U.S. adults ...
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