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Donna Miles didn’t feel like getting dressed and driving to her physician’s office or to a retailer’s health clinic near her Cincinnati home. For several ...
Read More »Medicare Slow To Adopt Telemedicine Due To Cost Concerns
Doctors Say Medicare’s Audits Detract From Patient Care
What may have started with good intentions has gone too far and is now off-course. According to the Pennsylvania Medical Society, Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractors ...
Read More »Congress Finally Agrees To Give Doctors a Pay Raise
Medicare’s troubled physician payment formula will soon be history. As expected, the Senate Tuesday night easily passed legislation to scrap the formula, accepting a bipartisan ...
Read More »Medicare Is Stingy In First Year Of Doctor Bonuses
Dr. Michael Kitchell initially welcomed the federal government’s new quality incentives for doctors. His medical group in Iowa has always scored better than most in ...
Read More »Medicare Physicians Must Be Aware of Overpayments and the False Claims Act
By Franklin J. Rooks Jr. Medical providers who participate with Medicare should be aware of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the potential consequences ...
Read More »Primary Care Sees Only Mixed Results from Obamacare
Medical homes are a simple, compelling idea: Give primary-care doctors resources to reduce preventable medical crises for diabetics, asthmatics and others with chronic illness — ...
Read More »Lower Use of Cancer-Related Imaging in VA Health System
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service ...
Read More »Doctors Must Immediately Urge Congress to Permanently Repeal SGR
The elections are over and Congress is back in Washington to finish remaining legislative business for the year. Urge Congress to stop enacting temporary patches and ...
Read More »Alzheimer’s Cases Expected to Double by 2050, Researchers Say
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) — The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States will more than double by 2050 — ...
Read More »ALS Patients Win Fight Over Medicare Reimbursement For Speech Devices
By Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News After strong pushback from ALS patients and lawmakers, the government has reversed a decision that could have blocked Medicare ...
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