DEAR DR. ROACH: When I have appointments with my physicians (at our local, highly rated academic health system), they no longer do a physical exam. But in the after-visit note, there is a documented ...

Andrew S. Oseran, MD, MBA, MSc, hypothesizes that higher Medicare Advantage (MA) risk scores may result from either a more accurate capture of beneficiaries' comorbidities or inappropriate "upcoding" ...

Vivian Ho ([email protected]), Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul, Rice University. Heidi Voelker Russell, University of Texas, Houston, Texas.