Dr Veronica Hutchison joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Eve Espey: “How Should IUD Placement Pain Be Described and Managed?”
Dr Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Lisa Bayer: “How Should Intensity and Duration of Pain Inform Standard of Care for Pain Management in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Procedures?”
Dr Amber R. Comer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Meredith Rappaport: “Treating Patients in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Examinations and Procedures.”
Nishita Pondugula and Dr Louise P. King join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Parmida Maghsoudlou and Dr Vardit Ravitsky: “What Does Our Tolerance of Poor Management of Patients’ Pain Have to Do With Reimbursement Inequity for Office-Based Gynecologic Procedures?”
A physician has an obligation to order necessary diagnostic tests for a patient on Medicaid with whom he or she has an established patient-physician relationship regardless of whether the cost of the necessary test will be reimbursed.
Keisa Bennett, MD, MPH, Julie Phillips, MD, MPH, and Bridget Teevan, MS
Reasons for the shortage of primary care physicians in regions designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas and steps that medical schools and state and federal policymakers can take to alleviate the shortage.
Utah's preventive care plan for the uninsured offers limited benefit for young healthy individuals but does not provide the necessary care for it's more chronically ill participants.
