Medicare to Broaden Coverage for LVADs, Artificial Hearts CMS would drop requirement for clinical trial enrollment Aug 12, 2020
Audio-Only Telemedicine: Docs Say Payment Falls Short Clinicians wonder why the technology used, not a virtual visit's content or complexity, dictates reimbursement Jul 13, 2020
Healthcare Disruptors: Bringing $0 Copays to Self-Insured Plans The Zero Card promises benefits for patients, employers, healthcare providers Jul 10, 2020
Tenet Gets Big Federal $$$ but Still Cuts Employees Stimulus funds, deferred taxes aren't enough to prevent a 10% workforce furlough Jul 09, 2020
AMA Responds to Racial Injustice, Failing Practices During COVID-19 Town Hall Policy experts also discuss physician wellness, ways to preserve advances in telemedicine Jun 08, 2020
Two Law Firms Dominate Medical Debt Suits in Texas Responsible for nearly 90% of all "predatory" litigation against patients May 27, 2020
Detroit Children's Hospital Ousts Wayne State Pediatricians 25 doctors "squeezed in the middle" of administrative dispute May 08, 2020
NYU Leadership Gaslights Residents Over Hazard Pay Urology chair: requests are "not becoming of a compassionate and caring physician" Apr 23, 2020
Doctors Struggle to Get Paid for Telehealth Visits Provider payments vary by states, plans, and shifting policies Apr 16, 2020
Ex-Docs Spend Medicaid $$; Husel Murder Trial Delay; Dentist Burns PPE Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Apr 03, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
Congress Considers Bill to Address Medicare Late Penalties, Coverage Gap Current enrollment rules can leave late enrollees liable for doc visits Medicare usually covers Jan 20, 2020
Meet the 'Lien Doctors'; Hidden Clinical Trial Data; Google Nabs More Medical Records This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 15, 2020
Is Insurers' Opposition to CAC Scans Softening? The Skeptical Cardiologist explains how one patient got it covered Jan 10, 2020
'Wrong-Pipe' Intubation Deaths; Doc Group Sues Patients; Booted From Nursing Homes This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 04, 2019
Medicare Advantage Enrollees Discover Dirty Little Secret Getting out is a lot harder than getting in Dec 03, 2019
Shared Decision-Making: Cardiologists Moving Through the Stages of Grief Rules from CMS for ICDs, LAA closure feels arbitrary, some say Sep 16, 2019
You've Heard of Medicare for All -- How About Medicaid for More? Several states are considering letting people buy into their Medicaid programs Sep 13, 2019
Requiring Hospitals to Tell Docs About Admissions Gets Pushback ACOs want access to even more info, while hospitals fear consequences for non-compliance Aug 14, 2019
How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare Once government financing entered the picture, the doctor-patient relationship was doomed Jul 29, 2019
Medicare for All: Would Patients and Physicians Benefit or Lose? Milton Packer issues an urgent call for practitioners to join the debate Jul 10, 2019
AMA Votes Against Neutrality on Medicare for All But some fear opposition to single-payer could leave association out of healthcare reform talks Jun 11, 2019
At Michigan Rally, Trump Boasts of Healthcare Accomplishments "We're going to get rid of Obamacare," he tells cheering crowd Mar 29, 2019
Trump Proposes Overhaul of Part B Drugs Plan hinges on benchmarking U.S. prices to those abroad Jan 04, 2019
Feds, States Implement Raft of Health New Rules in 2019 New Medicaid expansions, aid-in-dying laws in the mix Jan 03, 2019
Lack of Progress on Interoperability Frustrates House Members Subcommittee chairman says he is "extremely disappointed" Dec 11, 2018
AMA Delegates Support Site-Neutral Insurance Payments Proposal to send report to trustees for further discussion rejected Nov 13, 2018
This Isn't Your Parents' Concierge Care Newer models allow docs to keep non-member patients Oct 02, 2018
Nonphysicians Take Growing Role in Actinic Keratosis Tx Overall cases in seniors rising as well Sep 21, 2018
Healthcare Fraud a Big Focus for OMB, Top Official Says "We are not going to screw the beneficiary" Sep 20, 2018
PTAC Backs New Payment Models for Emergency, Primary Care Committee also considers proposals for chronically ill patients, dialysis patients Sep 11, 2018
One Medical: The Real Deal or 'Yuppie-Care'? Under the hood of fast-growing concierge care company Sep 06, 2018
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
Bundle Payments By Condition, Not Procedure Experts call for 'upstream' payment model that treats the whole patient May 16, 2018
ACP: Root Gender Bias Out of Medicine More attention needed to parental leave, other policies Apr 20, 2018
Wearable Devices Making Strides, But Barriers Remain More data needed on accuracy, effectiveness Apr 20, 2018
