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December 12, 2018 A coalition of nine major organizations including the American Benefits Council, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Consumers Union, National Association of Health Underwriters and National Business Group on Health, has called for federal legislation to curb surprise billing—a situation that occurs, in many cases, when a patient receives care at an in-network facility from an out-of-network provider and then receives an unexpected bill for services rendered. As evidence for the size of the problem, the coalition points…

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December 5, 2018 The median American uses three of the eight major social media platforms, the Pew Research Center reports. Globally, the number of social media users in 2018 is 3.2 billion, up 13 percent year-on-year, according to Global Digital Report 2018. The continued mushrooming of social media’s potential influence indicated by these numbers points to an important reality regarding social media for clinicians, Majorie Stiegler, MD, of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, said at a recent conference: Whether…

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