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By adding a naturopath to the Maryland State Board of Physicians, and by requiring them to license naturopaths to practice medicine, the legislature is forcing physicians to act unethically.
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As part of the federal government's stimulus act, physicians are being encouraged through financial incentives to use electronic medical records.
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Enacted in January 2010, the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act allowed registered physicians to prescribe medical marijuana to patients with "debilitating medical conditions, " such as cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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In order to provide Congress with some time to deal with the situation, the CMS can hold up payments to physicians through January, allowing Congress to act.
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Dr. Robert Michler, chairman of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center, said the data should act as a "wake-up call" for physicians, surgeons and patients.
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As the effects of the Affordable Care Act come into focus, it becomes clear that when the majority of physicians are no longer self-employed and barring any legislation to the contrary their new employed status will provide doctors with the right to collective bargaining.
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Yet under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Medicare actuary projects that the program will be paying physicians less than Medicaid, eventually paying less than half of Medicaid rates!
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