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As a result of COVID-19, many physicians had to provide telemedicine services in a matter of weeks, if not days. A major accomplishment, for sure. But are you getting paid for your hard work? Read on to find out how you can ensure you are being compensated for the work you’ve been doing.

The 2020 Healthgrades National Health Index compared 100 markets based on a cross-section of factors that contribute to quality care and personal health. Here are the five cities that rise above the rest – did your city make the list?

On May 31, 2020, at the virtual scientific program of the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Plenary Sessions, late-breaking data dropped for three potentially practice-changing studies: JAVELIN Bladder 100, KEYNOTE-177, and ADAURA.

Based on the results of an open-label trial, selpercatinib (Retevmo) becomes the first targeted therapy to be granted accelerated approval by the FDA for use in patients with cancer who have certain tumors that have an alteration (mutation or fusion) in the RET gene.

Hospitalized patients who had advanced COVID-19 with lung involvement and who received the antiviral agent remdesivir (Gilead Sciences) recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a US-led randomized, controlled trial.

Although the findings reported in Blood should be considered as hypothesis-generating and preliminary in nature, a small clinical trial suggested ibrutinib may protect against lung injury and improve pulmonary function in hypoxic patients with COVID-19.