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7 Mar 2008, 7:47 pm
More not-so-good news for Pennsylvania: according to an article in the Times Tribune, Pennsylvania Medical Society officials are predicting a shortage of physicians in Pennsylvania in the foreseeable future. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 4:26 pm
There are big changes coming to the Medicare incentive programs as we know them. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 8:29 am
Physicians in private practice are increasingly relying upon their local hospitals for assistance in making the transition to full-fledged electronic medical records. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 1:44 pm
Medtronic (and by default, all medical device manufacturers) scored a huge win on Wednesday when the U.S. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 5:57 am
One of the major trends in health care today is to allow greater patient access to health information. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 1:17 pm
Many physicians I work with are talking about the possibility of new payment models such as bundled payments, episode-of-care payments and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) payment models. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 7:58 am
Most medical practices in Pennsylvania are aware that Pennsylvania imposes a sales and use tax on various items and services purchased by medical practices. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 10:40 am
Recent press releases provide notice of activities that draw the government's ire -- and result in serious criminal consequences. [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 6:55 am
Finding it increasingly difficult to remain profitable in private practice, many physicians are turning to hospital employment to avoid the economic realities of running a small business. [read post]
31 Mar 2017, 6:00 am
Beginning April 1, 2017, the regulations regarding opiate prescribing will be changing. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 10:47 am
In an effort to give Congress a few more days to pass legislation postponing the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment cuts, CMS has once again instructed its contractors to hold physician claims for the first 10 days of March for claims with dates of service March 1, 2010 and later. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 7:25 am
Have you or your practice been the subject of a negative online review? [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 6:44 am
According to a PR Newswire article today, the White House intends to significantly increase efforts to curb health care fraud and abuse. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 12:37 pm
You may have heard some years ago that the Affordable Care Act established a “60-day overpayment rule” that requires a provider to report and return any overpayment from a federal health care program (such as Medicare or Medicaid) within 60 days of “the date on which the overpayment was identified” by the provider (for certain institutional providers, the overpayment must be returned by the later of 60 days or the date on which a corresponding cost report is due to the… [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:16 pm
There's an interesting piece in the Miami Herald today regarding hospitals once again acquiring physician practices. [read post]
30 May 2015, 10:25 am
These are uncertain times for physicians. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services posted an Advisory Opinion today addressing a hospital system’s proposal to lease administrative employees and to provide operational and management services to a related psychiatric hospital for an amount equal to the hospital system’s fully loaded costs (i.e., salary plus benefits and overhead expense) plus a two percent administrative fee). [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 8:10 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its intention to move at least 50% of Medicare payments from fee for service to alternative payment systems based on quality and/or value by 2018. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 10:05 am
According to a recent study published in the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, a primary care physician who graduates with education debt of $160,000 should be able to raise a family, live in an expensive urban area, and repay their debt in 10 years without incurring additional debt, as long as their household income and spending are consistent with median statistics. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 7:32 am
In case you somehow missed the news, effective October 1, 2009 (that's right, tomorrow), 'under arrangements' ventures involving Stark services are no longer permissible. [read post]
