12/11/2025

WISeR Model is Coming to Ohio in January—Are You Prepared?

As a friendly reminder, Ohio has been selected as one of six states for the Medicare pilot prior authorization program called WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction).

12/11/2025

Study Shows Telehealth Use Continues to Expand

A new AMA report based on the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark Survey shows that the use of telehealth in physician practices increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains much more widely used than before.

12/11/2025

Strong Working Relationships with Patients Protect Healthcare Practitioners

Good communication can save lives, sanity, and resources. New research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that poor communication contributes to 24 percent of patient safety incidents, and it is the sole identified cause in 13 percent of incidents. Similar findings permeate The Doctors Company’s closed claims studies (and the bulk of risk management literature).

12/04/2025

Advancing Alzheimer’s Research: Aidan Butler’s Summer Scholar Story

This summer, Aidan Butler, a medical student at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, spent his time investigating new ways to improve care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Thanks to support from the OSMA Foundation’s Summer Scholars Program, Aidan joined Dr. Holly Hunsberger’s lab at Rosalind Franklin University to explore how anxiety, benzodiazepines, and psilocybin affect memory and brain function.