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CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
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 good early review from the American Medical Association.
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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
July 29, 2019
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated price by specific payer for select services that patients can schedule in advance.
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MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
July 23, 2019
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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Value-based metrics gain ground in physician employment contracts
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 43% in 2018.
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A third of serious malpractice claims due to diagnostic error
July 11, 2019
Diagnosis errors are a top cause for medical malpractice cases associated with patient death or permanent disability, an analysis finds.
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Some burnout factors are within a physician’s control
July 2, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Even in the face of daunting systemic factors, physicians can practice some important steps toward self-care.
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MedPAC to Congress: End “incident-to” billing
June 26, 2019
Access to care should not be affected by paying nurse practitioners and physician assistants 85% of the physician fee every time.
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Medicare may best Medicare Advantage at reducing readmissions
June 25, 2019
Editorialists provide reasons to exercise caution when interpreting the results.
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Patients concerned about clinician burnout
June 24, 2019
Survey results suggest caregivers “may be conveying signs of burnout to their patients without knowing it.”
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Residents are drowning in job offers – and debt
June 20, 2019
Young doctors are being recruited “like blue-chip athletes.”
