Practice Management
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CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a...
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CMS is proposing higher payments for E/M visits
The increased payments for evaluation and management services would begin in 2021 and were recommended by the AMA’s Relative Value Scale Update...
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Mayo Clinic takes honors as top hospital
U.S. News & World Report rankings show clinic’s strong performance across most specialties.
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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.
Movers in Medicine
ASTRO announces new president-elect, board members
The new ASTRO president-elect plans to address physician burnout, restrictive prior authorization practices, and diversity in the workforce.
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A personal touch can be key to state-level advocacy
WASHINGTON – One cancer patient accomplished what a legislator couldn’t when she advocated for health insurance coverage for fertility...
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ABIM rolls out shorter, tailored MOC exams in oncology
The new pathway allows oncologists to choose a focused exam in hematologic malignancies, breast cancer, or general oncology every 2 years,...
From the Journals
Administrative data may reduce costs of economic analysis
Researchers linked clinical trial and health administrative data to evaluate the utility of administrative data in a group of 572 patients with...
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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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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...