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06/08/2018

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Although the DOJ stopped short of asking a federal judge in Texas to overturn the entire ACA, the agency echoed the core arguments of the Republican state attorneys general: that the ACA can't stand without the individual mandate's tax penalty.

03/14/2016

As meaningful use winds down, CMS is shifting its focus to meaningful reporting of valuable healthcare data.

03/05/2016

More private insurers are paying for telehealth services, but Medicare still has restrictive rules for telehealth payment. Insurance, provider and technology groups are stepping up lobbying efforts to pass legislation that will force Medicare to provide greater financial support for the service.

03/02/2016

Interesting read

What are three lessons that can be drawn from the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia?

02/29/2016

CMS sets July 1 as the new cutoff date, giving physicians and hospitals extra time to apply for exceptions that could affect Medicare payments in 2017.

02/12/2016

By working smarter and taking advantage of these six tips to increase efficiency, physicians can find time to rest in the moment.

02/11/2016

The measure is framed as way to help physicians achieve goals of new Medicare reimbursement policies.

02/08/2016

Interesting read

"Primary care docs should be paid more, specialists less. More reimbursement for talking...less for testing and procedures." And, there's more.

02/08/2016

New vaccines against meningococcal serogroup B and human papillomavirus and a revision to the pneumococcal vaccine recommendation are among the 2016 changes.

02/08/2016

Clinicians should initiate antiviral treatment to very ill and high-risk patients suspected of having influenza without waiting for test results. ICU admissions and deaths have been reported.

01/29/2016

There are 91 active primary care physicians per 100,000 population in the United States, but there needs to be more if Americans are going to get the right care, in the right place and at the right time, a group representing the nation’s medical schools and teaching hospitals says in [...]

01/24/2016

The CMS is making it easier for providers to opt out of meaningful-use requirements of electronic health records amid a series of proposed changes to the 6-year-old $31.8 billion EHR incentive payment program.