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What doctors wish patients knew about Tommy John surgery

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What doctors wish patients knew about their family health history

Family health history is a big predictor of overall health risk. An Atlantic Health System physician discusses what to know about family health history.

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Public Health
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How Geisinger uses AI to ensure incidental findings get follow up

Follow up on lung nodules that show up as incidental findings often comes too late. Learn how Geisinger is innovating to tackle the problem.

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4 MIN READ

AMA offers 10 health recommendations for new year

AMA offers recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to their health in 2024 and beyond

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Cuts overshadow new services in 2024 Medicare payment schedule

Jill Biden touts codes for cancer-treatment navigation services as part of Cancer Moonshot initiative. But doctors still face 3.37% pay cut in 2024.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Test your oncology knowledge with JAMA Network clinical challenges

Oncologists can earn CME with these JN Learning challenges on unusual presentations of acute myeloid leukemia, lung cancer and more.

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Biolab fine-tunes cancer care, treatment options for patients

Genomic testing at Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group identifies specific tumors to tailor individual therapies and improve survival.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 13, 2023

In the news: Life expectancy gap grows, semaglutide reduced CV risk for patients with obesity, unsafe eyedrops removed from Amazon and more. 

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Reporting CPT codes for oncology navigation services: The Cancer Moonshot

Download the PDF with information on the appropriate use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes in reporting oncology navigation services.

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What to tell patients about genetics and their cancer risk

Baptist Health South Florida medical geneticist Arelis Mártir-Negrόn, MD, details how far we’ve come since the Human Genome Project in 2003.

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