Physician's Weekly
JUNE 25, 2025
” Oz said he wants insurers to eliminate preapprovals for knee arthroscopy, a common, minimally invasive procedure to diagnose and treat knee problems. But government interventions to improve prior authorization will be used “if we’re forced to use them,” Oz said during the news conference.
Physician's Weekly
JUNE 25, 2025
Testing and outreach for HIV faltered in the South , a region that accounts for more than half of all HIV diagnoses. In the 1980s, the government refused to acknowledge HIV as gay men died young. Half of new diagnoses today are in the South and a third are among people with low incomes.
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Physicians News Digest
APRIL 2, 2025
In addition to those for preventive purposes, doctors may order colonoscopies to diagnose existing concerns, as was the case for Winard. The federal government offers subsidies based on household income for ACA plans, which can make them comparable in cost to cheaper, short-term plans — but with a wider range of benefits.
Physicians News Digest
APRIL 3, 2025
At their first meeting with the leadership of AHRQ last month, officials from Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency said that they didn’t know what the agency did — and that its budget would be cut by 80% to 90%, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting who were granted anonymity because of fears of retribution.
Physicians News Digest
APRIL 1, 2025
And as one of the first actions of his second term, Trump fired 17 independent inspectors general responsible for rooting out fraud and waste in government. “It Melgen falsely diagnosed patients with eye diseases, then gave them unnecessary care, including laser treatments and painful eye injections, according to DOJ and court documents.
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