Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: January 18, 2017
Politically prudent answers dominated the courtesy hearing before the Senate HELP committee.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: January 12, 2017
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the Affordable...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: January 11, 2017
An expected partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act will hit physicians’ bottom line, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 21, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized three cardiac payment bundles that will qualify as advanced alternative payment mode...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 19, 2016
CMS has canceled a controversial demonstration project that would have tested new methods to pay for the drugs administered in medical offices.
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 16, 2016
Rheumatology saw nearly 97% of its positions filled during the 2016 Specialty Match Day.
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 15, 2016
Gastroenterologists will now have a separate billing code for the use of moderate sedation services under provisions finalized in the 2017 update t...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 13, 2016
The certification exam for the new subspecialty of addiction medicine will be held in fall 2017.
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: 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...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 2, 2016
H.R. 34 gained more support on the House floor than did a last year’s bill. To gain that support and ensure Senate approval, funding for key biomed...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: December 2, 2016
WASHINGTON – The transition from volume-based payment to value-based payment “can’t work as well without a CMS Innovation Center that can move quic...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: November 19, 2016
By 2013, the U.S. maternal mortality rate had grown to 22.0 deaths per 100,000 live births, while California’s rate had dropped to 7.3.
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: November 10, 2016
Narrow requirements mean that CMS could not find enough misvalued services to meet a legislative benchmark. That means doctors will see a tiny cut,...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: November 7, 2016
Several meaningful use requirements for doctors and hospitals were eased under the federal regulation that sets payments for the hospital outpatien...
Article
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: November 5, 2016
Over time, spending on these services could reach $4 billion, according to CMS leaders.
