Business of Medicine
Conference Coverage
Trained interpreters essential for treating non–English-speaking patients
NEW YORK – Even in a private office setting, failure to engage a trained translator is discouraged.
From the Journals
As patients, physicians fare nearly the same as everyone else
Feature
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.
Shrink Rap News
Would a universal basic income help our patients?
It’s difficult to imagine that it would not be helpful to everyone’s mental health to be freed from the worry of earning enough money to survive,...
Latest News
MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
Feature
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...
Opinion
Discovery of peer review and patient safety reports
Any given state’s statute on discovery requires careful reading because it could differ from other states’ directives.
Feature
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...
Feature
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...
Feature
A third of serious malpractice claims due to diagnostic error
Diagnosis errors are a top cause for medical malpractice cases associated with patient death or permanent disability, an analysis finds.
Feature
Appeals court may strike down ACA
Appeals judges appeared doubtful during oral arguments that the Affordable Care Act should survive without the law's signature insurance mandate...