Thank you to Dr. Michel Accad and Dr. Anish Koka for inviting AAPS Director, Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD on their cutting-edge podcast, The Accad & Koka report to discuss the growing epidemic of sham peer […]
Volume 74, no. 11 November 2018 There is no secret conspiracy to bring about a socialist revolution in the U.S. Barack Obama announced openly that we were going to see a “fundamental transformation” starting the […]
“It’s a MOCkery,” said one survey respondent. Maintenance of Certification (MOC) adds no clinical value to the practice of medicine, or to patients, say 65 percent of physicians surveyed by MDLinx, a medical news, information, […]
“Care Coordination” and “Value-Based Care” sound good, but leave it to DC and the managed-care cartels to turn innocuous sounding phrases into ideas that chiefly impose more top-down control and red tape instead of improving […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. People are marching with “Health Care Voter” signs, and this is generally believed to be one of the most important issues in the 2018 midterm elections. Republicans who got elected […]
We had an amazing group of students and residents take part in our 2018 essay contest and we were excited to announce the winners at our 75th annual meeting earlier this month. Eight of the […]
AAPS President Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD issued the following statement, on behalf of AAPS, regarding the CVS-Aetna merger: AAPS remains concerned for patients despite the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s determination that the CVS-Aetna merger […]
Volume 74, no. 10 On the eve of midterm elections, America is violently divided. There are “deplorables” (Hillary Clinton’s term) or “dregs” (Joe Biden’s term), who are supposedly the enemies and “haters” of an amalgamation […]
Both Democrats and Republicans are promising to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s popular “consumer protection” of people with pre-existing conditions. This is called guaranteed issue and community rating. Insurers cannot decline coverage, nor can they […]
Medicaid expansion is on the November ballot in a number of states that have sizable rural populations, including Nebraska, Idaho, and Utah, as reported in AMA Morning Rounds for Sept 26. One rationale is that […]
