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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 20, 2019
“The many hours spent by our physician providers and the delays in commencing treatment for these cancer patients can never be recovered,” Dr. Paul...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 17, 2019
Agency officials wrote that there are “sufficient” enrollee access protections in place and declined to finalize plans to allow Part D drug plan sp...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 10, 2019
WASHINGTON – Most people who lost coverage were working but unaware of or unable to meet administrative requirements....
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 9, 2019
“I wonder exactly whether it is conceivable for us to achieve standards that will allow systems to talk to each other from one hospital system, for...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 9, 2019
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that spending in the Medicare program would increase by $170 billion over the 2020-2029 period due to the...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 8, 2019
“I lost $100,000 to score that perfect [MIPS] score. So we need to modify that.”
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 2, 2019
“Once again, this administration shows itself to be determined to use religious liberty to harm communities it deems less worthy of equal treatment...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 2, 2019
We are pretty excited about Primary Care First, for what it symbolizes.
The academy has long suggested that fee for service is n...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: May 1, 2019
Given the challenges the bill will face getting through the House – and the likelihood that the Senate won’t touch it – some questioned why the hea...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 23, 2019
“These models are intended to allow clinicians to focus on patient care, not billing, and to do what they’ve been trained to do,” CMS chief Seema V...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 19, 2019
New CMS regulations also address premiums under the Affordable Care Act for 2020.
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 19, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Don’t view a woman asking for something as demanding or harsh when a male asking for the same exact th...
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 18, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Incarceration is an accelerant in the crisis of opioid use disorder.
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 13, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Opening the door to transformational change can be as simple as opening a door.
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- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 12, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Preparing to enter into employment contract negotiations? Lawyer up, Michael Sinha, MD, advises.
