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Discover Direct Primary Care: An Excellent Choice for Uninsured, Underinsured, and High Deductible Health Plan Holders - Detroit and Royal Oak

Plum Health

Transparent Pricing: With DPC, you know exactly what you're paying for - no hidden costs, no complicated insurance bills. Personalized Care: As a DPC member at Plum Health, you receive care that's tailored to your specific needs, perfect for self-employed individuals and those without traditional insurance who require flexibility.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

A study of an insurance claims database found that family physicians are more likely to perform colonoscopies in older, male patients residing in more rural areas of the Midwest, South, and Western United States. From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3%

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

Red flags that you should always ask about include hematemesis, melana, dysphagia, and Unintentional weight loss, these all need further investigation for complications like esophagitis or another diagnosis such as EOE or peptic ulcer disease. If any of those red flags are present, you should definitely consider a further diagnostic workup.

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Ding Dong is the Skinny Label (Effectively) Dead?

FDA Law Blog

Teva submitted an ANDA in 2002, and after some complicated regulatory history, ultimately carved-out the congestive heart failure indication by way of a section viii statement. Amarin even sued a health insurer alleging active encouragement to use Hikma’s generic version instead of Vascepa for the patented indication.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

I felt like a lot of doctors feel—they feel like they’re locked into criminal rings committing insurance fraud just to stay afloat. You get your own insurance checks. I just got my first insurance check, this is actually working. Insurance pays that. I personally have one because I have a blog. 280 was rent.

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