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Patients Need More Info on Post-Acute Care, MedPAC Says

But providing facility quality ratings is a sticky wicket

Tool Available to Help Rheumatologists Cope with MIPS

Eases reporting needed to avoid penalties, earn incentive payments under MACRA

MIPS Takes a Beating at MedPAC

Medicare advisory panel says it needs to go

MedCAC Wary of Bariatric Surgery for Medicare Beneficiaries

Panel called for more inclusive research of this population

AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye

Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed

AMA to Examine Public Option

Feasibility study stops short of endorsement

What PAs Need to Know About MACRA

Expert details benefits, challenges of new reimbursement system

Fear and Loathing on the MACRA Trail

Congress guesses that recordkeeping effort will improve patient care

A Surprising Place to Find Anti-Kickback Rules

Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal

CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

AAFP Says CMS Should Negotiate Drug Prices

AAFP Congress wraps up with a series of actions targeting cost and access

AAFP Exec Declares Healthcare 'Fundamental Human Right'

Tearful entreaty mixed with scolds

MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services

Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families

By the Numbers: Who Are the ED 'Frequent Flyers'?

Surprising demographics for patients with many emergency room visits

Election 2016 Snapshot: Medicare

Trump and Clinton offer different visions for Medicare

Safety Net, Teaching Hospitals Call CMS Star Ratings Unfair

Argue scores don't account for factors they can't control

Why We Cover Politics

All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side

301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

AMA Blasts Medicare Part B Drug Price Plan

Votes to ask CMS to withdraw proposal

Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win

Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city

MitraClip Billing Checklist Released

Guide describes code modifiers and when to use them

Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits

Agency apparently moved by objections to draft coverage decision

10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD

Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says

Registry Underway for Watchman CMS Coverage

But who to include and how to follow them are still fluid issues

Judge: Medicare Must Cover CGM for T1D Patient

Courts may be forcing CMS' hand for coverage of continuous glucose monitors

Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed

Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated

Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 番茄社区 staff

The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare

Fears of "socialized medicine" swept aside, but cost concerns eventually overtake program.

Diabetic Seniors Lobby for Medicare to Cover CGM Devices

Senate panel highlights glucose control issues facing Medicare patients with diabetes.

AMA Wants 2-Years of Grace for ICD-10 Errors

With time running out, AMA acts to protect physician payment

Pricey Drugs Prompt AMA to Ask FDA and FTC for Help

This time it's generics not brands

ICD-10: AMA Considers Grace Period to 'Save Docs'

No easy choices for AMA as it mulls next steps

Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs

We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them.

Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician

In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money.

Lethal Injections, MOC, and E-Cigs on AMA Agenda

The American Medical Association is being asked to strengthen its ethical stance on physician participation in execution by extending its ban on doctors participating to include all health professionals.

Calif. Docs Among Top Billers for Complex Visits

Three California doctors are among the top five nationally in billing for the most complex office visits, according to data released by Medicare and analyzed by ProPublica and KQED.

How To Get Medicare To Cover A Spa Trip

Good news for doctors who think their patients need a trip to the spa: Medicare will reimburse, with only two catches.

Treating HCV -- Is the Price Right?

New drugs on the horizon hold out the promise of being able to cure up to 90% of people with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). They are also promising to be expensive.

SGR Repeal Still Gets AMA Support

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The AMA's policymaking House of Delegates voted nearly unanimously to continue its support of congressional efforts to repeal Medicare's payment formula despite its opposition to a 10-year pay freeze that's part of a draft proposal.

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