CMS Plugs Changes to E/M Coding Agency argues that streamlined billing codes will reduce physician burden Jul 18, 2018
HHS Gives PTAC the Cold Shoulder Declines to implement any recommendations, leaving members seething Jun 29, 2018
Opinions Divided at AMA on Prostate Cancer Screening Resolution referred for further study Jun 13, 2018
AMA Tangles With 'Gene Doping' Guidelines Also: emergency room evidence; impact of corporate investors in healthcare Jun 12, 2018
Trump OMB Appointee Blasts Obama-Era Value Programs Says CMMI programs aren't working; have 'failed to deliver' Jun 07, 2018
Multiple Lawsuits, Multiple Deaths, $900k from Medicare 'More than 15, less than 30' malpractice suits, he said May 21, 2018
Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical May 17, 2018
Docs, Medical Boards Ignored FDA Warning Letters on CCSVI Fueled by YouTube, bogus MS 'cure' peddled by docs licensed in multiple states Mar 28, 2018
Caring for the Sickest Patients: A Calling and an Opportunity New models are disrupting the way primary care is provided Mar 21, 2018
Radiologists Reconsider Their Divided Specialty As IRs, DRs converge in hospital settings, can they -- should they -- stay independent? Mar 20, 2018
Big Changes Coming to Healthcare, Says HHS Chief 'We're unafraid of disrupting existing arrangements' Mar 05, 2018
Backlash Over Nixing of CMS Add-On Payments for DCBs Superiority of drug-coated balloon angioplasty not reflected in reimbursement, group suggests Mar 05, 2018
Patients Need More Info on Post-Acute Care, MedPAC Says But providing facility quality ratings is a sticky wicket Mar 01, 2018
Tool Available to Help Rheumatologists Cope with MIPS Eases reporting needed to avoid penalties, earn incentive payments under MACRA Nov 07, 2017
MedCAC Wary of Bariatric Surgery for Medicare Beneficiaries Panel called for more inclusive research of this population Aug 30, 2017
AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed Jun 14, 2017
What PAs Need to Know About MACRA Expert details benefits, challenges of new reimbursement system May 19, 2017
Fear and Loathing on the MACRA Trail Congress guesses that recordkeeping effort will improve patient care Apr 04, 2017
A Surprising Place to Find Anti-Kickback Rules Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal Feb 24, 2017
CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing Dec 02, 2016
AAFP Says CMS Should Negotiate Drug Prices AAFP Congress wraps up with a series of actions targeting cost and access Sep 21, 2016
AAFP Exec Declares Healthcare 'Fundamental Human Right' Tearful entreaty mixed with scolds Sep 19, 2016
MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families Sep 09, 2016
By the Numbers: Who Are the ED 'Frequent Flyers'? Surprising demographics for patients with many emergency room visits Sep 02, 2016
Safety Net, Teaching Hospitals Call CMS Star Ratings Unfair Argue scores don't account for factors they can't control Jul 28, 2016
Why We Cover Politics All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side Jul 21, 2016
301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007 Jun 22, 2016
Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city Mar 08, 2016
MitraClip Billing Checklist Released Guide describes code modifiers and when to use them Mar 01, 2016
Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits Agency apparently moved by objections to draft coverage decision Feb 08, 2016
10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says Dec 28, 2015
Registry Underway for Watchman CMS Coverage But who to include and how to follow them are still fluid issues Nov 23, 2015
Judge: Medicare Must Cover CGM for T1D Patient Courts may be forcing CMS' hand for coverage of continuous glucose monitors Nov 19, 2015
Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated Sep 03, 2015
Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 51˶ staff Aug 03, 2015
