A simple intervention for hypertension proves effective, an editor calls for modernizing maintenance of certification, and bots and imposters pose a threat to science.

CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new report from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), a record number of U.S. physicians and medical specialists are board certified, ...

Reps. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) and David Loebsack (D-Iowa) have introduced legislation that would eliminate the 96-hour physician certification requirement ...

National Committee for Quality Assurance Physician Quality Certification evaluates how well health plans measure and report physician quality performance and cost-effectiveness UnitedHealthcare’s ...

More than 12,000 physicians have signed a petition calling for the American Board of Internal Medicine to end “burdensome” and “costly” maintenance of certification requirements. Aaron Goodman, MD, a ...

A Louisiana-based CDL holder wrote in following Overdrive reporting on the upcoming deadline to “self-certify” with your licensing state that you have a valid medical card. The “new medical card” will ...

A physician who was fed up paying what he thought were exorbitant fees to maintain his specialty certification, decided to see where that money is going, and published his findings in a JAMA research ...

This is a story about a new medical intervention. It’s an important one because it affects all doctors—and therefore all patients. 1. It’s expensive. Of course. 2. There is no credible evidence that ...