By Justin C. Linder, Esq. Recent New Jersey federal court rulings warn that providers may lose their legal rights to recover reimbursements under the Employee ...
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By Phil Galewitz WHEELING, W.Va. – Without insurance, Pam Milliken relied for years on the free health clinic here to help manage her arthritis, high blood ...
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By Jeffrey Cohen, WNPR On a recent afternoon at his office in Hartford, Conn., Dr. Doug Gerard examines a patient complaining of joint pain. Gerard, an internist, ...
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By Julie Rovner An expert panel recommended Tuesday completely overhauling the way government pays for the training of doctors, saying the current $15 billion system is ...
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By Jordan Rau Medicare’s release Wednesday of millions of records of payments made to the nation’s doctors comes as the government is looking to find more ...
Read More »New Medical Diagnosis Codes are Ridiculous
Most physicians know that ICD-10 is coming soon. Implementation date for hospitals and medical practices is October 1, 2014. Why is this important? Well, the ...
Read More »Transition to ICD-10 May Cost 3X More Than Predicted For Physician Practices
The mandated implementation of the ICD-10 code set will be dramatically more expensive for most physician practices than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study released ...
Read More »AMA Supports Bill to Increase Pay for Medicare Doctors
By Brad Broker The American Medical Association (AMA) announced Monday its support for the proposed legislation to repeal and replace the SGR. “The Sustainable Growth ...
Read More »UPDATE: How will Congress pay for Medicare doctor reward system?
By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News Updated 5:00 a.m. on Feb. 7 Now comes the hard part. After negotiating for months over how to overhaul ...
Read More »Congress plans to give doctors a raise
By Brad Broker Physicians are getting a raise! Congress reached a deal today to replace the long-frustrating SGR with a 0.5 percent pay increase each ...
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