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American Medical News
Week of July 30

GOVERNMENT

• � Medicare pay: Budget sequester adds to annual payment rate woes
• � Lawmakers warned of demise of solo medical practices
• � Court rules pay-for-delay drug agreements are anti-competitive

PROFESSION

• � Physician quality: Whats age got to do with it?
• � New weekend effect seen in cardiac care
• � Olympic doctors say its worth the sacrifices to make the team
• � Surgeons balk at withdrawing life support after medical errors
• � LATEST: Groups aim to teach resident physicians to weigh costs in care

BUSINESS

• � Do EHRs result in better care? Many physicians say yes
• � Acquisition may be first wave of Medicaid managed care consolidations
• � AMA pushes for more useful explanations of physician performance data and methodology
• � New technology coming to boost preventive care
• � Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk
• � LATEST: VA finds 3 years isnt enough to reduce health costs following bariatric surgery

OPINION

• � Law gives needed attention to drug shortages
• � A step forward for health care, thanks to Supreme Court

HEALTH

• � First pill to prevent HIV is only for some patients

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