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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: September 4, 2019
The state health agency is expected to issue rules outlining the ban within the next 30 days.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: August 23, 2019
A lack of understanding of cancer terminology can negatively impact informed consent and adherence to chemotherapy, but patient understanding was d...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: August 13, 2019
CMS officials have created a roadmap for coverage and payment for CAR T-cell therapies through a national coverage determination and the Medicare I...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 31, 2019
The proposal from CMS would require hospitals to make public both their list prices and the prices they negotiate with payers.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 31, 2019
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a go...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 30, 2019
The increased payments for evaluation and management services would begin in 2021 and were recommended by the AMA’s Relative Value Scale Update Com...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 29, 2019
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated price...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 29, 2019
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated price...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 27, 2019
WASHINGTON – One cancer patient accomplished what a legislator couldn’t when she advocated for health insurance coverage for fertility preservation...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 26, 2019
Private equity acquisition has spiked in dermatology. Until the impact is known, is it time to slow down?
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 23, 2019
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 19, 2019
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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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 12, 2019
Radiation oncologists applaud the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ introduction of a test radiation oncology APM, but some red flags n...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 12, 2019
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 from...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: July 11, 2019
New advice from the Food and Drug Administration calls on study sponsors to require fewer study visits, include more children, and let early-phase ...
