Despite the best intentions, a federal panel’s recommendations over resolving geographical disparities in spending could unleash far more drama. Inevitably, such a study will identify both winners and losers, the latter of whom might not accept reduced payments willingly or quietly. TH
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PHM 2024 Session Recap The objectives of this session were to define note bloat, identify unnecessary contributors to clinical note length, describe methods to decrease extraneous data and improve...
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