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Since 2013, radiation oncologists have seen a 23% drop in Medicare payments for radiation therapy services.

Medicare's bundled payment model was not associated with changes in process-of-care measures or early outcomes after hospitalization for heart failure, a new study reported.

Now that health officials have finalized all of the 2021 data, the increase is worse than what was announced back in March.

Total payments to rheumatologists decreased by 42% in 2020-2021, compared with previous years.

"Disparities in cases persist among Black and Hispanic people, a pattern also seen with HIV and COVID-19."

Most revenue is still fee-for-service, but a growing amount of physician compensation is tied to quality performance, according to new MGMA data.

Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, called the latest increase “pretty significant” and encouraged people to take actions to limit the spread of the virus.

The latest CDC research appears to have avoided the study design problems noted in other studies and has supported the evidence for using masks to protect children.

The order comes as the per capita rate of new coronavirus cases in California has jumped 47% in the past 2 weeks.

Michigans COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a new high Wednesday, exceeding the previous record for the fifth straight time that the state has reported data.