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Embrace change as a hospitalist leader
January 2, 2017
Tales from an insightful dive into SHM leadership training
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Republicans Envision Their Healthcare Plan for the Future
December 14, 2016
After the election, GOP has opportunity to determine direction of U.S. healthcare
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Trump administration to focus on ACA reform, tort reform
December 13, 2016
Look for three things from the Trump administration: significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, few changes to MACRA’s Quality Payment Program, and a conservative swing in the courts.
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Understanding, Counsel Can Help to Navigate Payor Audits
August 3, 2016
Receiving notice from a payor that you are being audited can be alarming. Questions will inevitably run through your mind, such as, Why? How? How much will this cost? [caption id="attachment_11441" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr.
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Theranos Receives Biggest Blow as CMS Revokes Certificate for Government Payments
July 19, 2016
Theranos Inc founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, once touted as the Steve Jobs of biotech for her company's innovative blood-testing technology, has been barred by a U.S. regulator from owning or operating a lab for at least two years. Dealing the biggest blow yet to the privately held company, the
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Medicare’s Managed Care Option Trades Off With Patient Preferences
July 14, 2016
CHICAGO - Medicare enrollees are moving in greater numbers than ever to the program's managed care option as a way to save money.
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Medical Marijuana Cuts Medicare Spending and May Reduce Dependency on Prescription Opioids
July 12, 2016
Physicians wrote significantly fewer prescriptions for painkillers and other medications for elderly and disabled patients who had legal access to medical marijuana, a new study finds. In fact, Medicare saved more than $165 million in 2013 on prescription drugs in the District of Columbia and 17
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US Completes “Largest Takedown” of Federal Health Insurance Fraud
July 7, 2016
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
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MACRA Rule Offers Little Clarity for Hospitalists
July 2, 2016
Last year, Congress put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which had become a yearly battle fought on behalf of and by physicians to prevent significant last-minute cuts to Medicare reimbursement.
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Key Medicare Fund Could Exhaust Reserves in 2028: Trustees
June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON—The U.S.