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Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

A Country Doctor Writes

I have always tried to “squeeze” urgent visits in when I know the patient and the issue they’re having. Sometimes a patient does need a lot of non-provider time, for example to get undressed and ready for a Pap smear. Government. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions From Gender-Affirming Care

Physician's Weekly

The Trump administration has launched investigations into health care organizations in an effort to allow providers to refuse care for transgender patients on religious or moral grounds. ” Other providers are available if a patient’s “feelings are hurt,” he said.

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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

Physician's Weekly

” Curtailing the practice, through which medical providers effectively inflate diagnoses and procedures to charge more, has bipartisan support and could increase the savings by reducing the amount the government pays for care. Anna Edney: KFF Health News’ “ Two Patients Faced Chemo.