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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated...
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Dr. Alexa will see you now: Is Amazon primed to come to your rescue?
Some of Alexa’s new skills depend on a little-understood feature of the devices: They listen to every sound around them.
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Pharmacist stigma a barrier to rural buprenorphine access
SAN ANTONIO – The role of pharmacists in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder has been neglected but remains an...
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Follow-up after mental illness admission: State scorecard
Medicaid enrollees in Oregon are the most likely to see a mental health clinician within 30 days.
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MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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Clinics get more time on Title X changes
Family planning clinics will have more time to comply with a Trump administration rule that prohibits physicians from counseling patients about...
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Surprise medical billing legislation advances to the House floor
The bill was amended to include an arbitration process allowing physicians and hospitals to seek higher payments. The amendment was offered by two...
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Title X grantees are told to stop abortion referrals immediately; Wen removed from Planned Parenthood
Recipients of the federal funds said that the changes threaten to decrease access to family planning services.
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Medicare Advantage overbills taxpayers by billions a year as feds struggle to stop it
Some plans overbill the government by exaggerating how sick their members are or by charging Medicare for treatment of serious medical conditions...
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The costs and benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors & GLP-1 RAs
The price tags on these drugs are the biggest barrier to their use.
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Value-based metrics gain ground in physician employment contracts
Of 70% of health care recruitment searches that offered a production bonus, 56% featured a bonus based at least in part on quality metrics, up...