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Why Younger Adults Shouldn’t Skip Cholesterol Screenings

Imperial Center Family Medicine

Know Your Baseline Your first cholesterol screening in your 20s or 30s provides a baseline for future test results. Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition. Here’s why younger adults should prioritize cholesterol screenings.

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Traditional vs. Subscription Primary Care Payment Model: Which Fits You?

Plum Health

Key Features of Subscription Primary Care Unlimited Visits : You’re generally not charged per visit, so you don’t have to worry about co-pays each time you see your provider. Direct Access to Your Doctor : Many DPC providers limit their patient load, meaning you get more face-to-face time with your doctor, often with little to no wait time.

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PhRMA Code Revised in Response to OIG Special Fraud Alert on Speaker Programs

FDA Law Blog

These revisions appear to be responsive to a November 16, 2020 Special Fraud Alert issued by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) (see our blog post on this Special Fraud Alert here ). not friends, significant others, or family members of a speaker or invitee).

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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

From specialized obesity clinics to online services offering quick prescriptions, the options can feel overwhelming. Focusing on these broader indicators provides a more accurate picture of your health and helps you make lasting changes that truly benefit your well-being. But how do you know what is safe and who to trust?

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

So, with this chapter, I hope to briefly touch on the basics of market investing and describe why simple diversification and index fund investing are the most effective ways for busy clinical physicians and healthcare providers to invest with the expectation of long-term gains. Don’t try to beat the market; be the market.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen. The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with more than 8,800 physicians providing care for over 4.8

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Sleep problems and Insomnia in Serious Illness: A Podcast wtih Cathy Alessi and Brienne Miner

GeriPal

Cathy: Actually, many years ago, I did some research on delirium and then I was doing some research on nursing home residents and we were doing work looking at, I was interested in how sleep problems and nighttime events might lead to delirium, and then I just became very, very interested in sleep. Because it’s not enough. Cathy: Yeah.

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