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Articles by EPM Current Features Given current budget woes, 2012 could be the year Congress finally allows the SGR to dictate massive cuts to physician payments Read moreFeatures In a recent edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Howard Brody challenged physicians to identify specialty-specific costly procedures and evaluations that should be eliminated or restricted based on current evidence-based medicine. We asked you, our readers, to help us identify the top five procedures, labs and medications that could be shaved to cut waste.
Read more379 readers responded to a survey. Here’s what you said: Features 0 STAT! A national survey of 1057 randomly selected businesses in 6 categories was conducted by the Department of Homeland Security and the Harvard School of Public Health.
74% provide paid sick leave 21% provide sick leave to care for children 67% would note operational problems if 50% of workforce was off more than 2 weeks A doctor’s note is required for sick leave by 43%
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