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30 May 2015, 10:25 am
These are uncertain times for physicians. [read post]
27 May 2015, 2:09 pm
A new provision in the Pennsylvania Health Care Facilities Act will take effect on June 1, 2015 requiring healthcare facility personnel, physicians in private practice and their employees to wear name badges while treating patients. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 12:20 pm
According to usatoday.com, The U.S. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 6:17 am
As of today’s date, Congress has not yet fixed or even patched the expected 21% cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 6:45 am
These days, more often than not, physicians and up on the short end of the stick when it comes to new health care legislation. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 9:44 am
Many physicians mistakenly believe that federal healthcare fraud and abuse statutes only apply to the Medicare fee-for-service program. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 10:34 am
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27 Feb 2015, 4:16 pm
Many physicians are aware of the push by the Medicare program to move away from a fee for service physician payment model to one which recognizes higher quality and lower cost care. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 2:28 pm
A physician who was excluded from the Medicare program is not precluded from receiving payment for services rendered prior to the exclusion according to Advisory Opinion 15-02 published by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) earlier this month. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 6:18 am
Beginning May 13, 2015, employers must provide paid sick leave to employees who work in Philadelphia, per the City of Brotherly Love’s newly enacted Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Ordinance. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 8:48 am
According to various news outlets, physicians at the University of California student health centers (as many as 150 physicians in all) went on strike this week in protest of what they believe are unfair labor practices by the University. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it intends to adopt regulations modifying the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EH R) Meaningful Use Program requirements as early as the Spring of 2015. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 8:32 am
Yesterday the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally announced HHS’ intention to shift 90% of all traditional Medicare payments from fee-for-service (FFS) to quality or value-based payments by 2018. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 8:10 am
In news that may not come as a shock to those of us who have been through the cycle of hospitals purchasing physician practices before, a recent study has found that hospitals are losing considerable amounts of money on acquired physician practices. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 6:48 am
Although unlikely to have a major impact on cash flow, physicians should keep in mind that under the CY 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) which was published in November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that it will hold claims for 14 days in order to implement the Fee Schedule changes. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 10:23 am
Despite the Department of Health and Human Services’ intent to make Medicare healthcare cost data more transparent for the healthcare consumer, according to a recent report by the U.S. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 6:38 am
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final Physician Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2015. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 10:27 am
Each year, the U.S. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 7:47 am
In response to the development of alternative payment systems, provider networks are forming at a frenetic pace. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 12:03 pm
Physicians in Pennsylvania who have been dispensing and billing for prescription drugs under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation program will be disappointed to learn that House Bill 1846 (which already passed the House) was approved by the Pennsylvania Senate yesterday, essentially clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law. [read post]
