<ѻýҕl>Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization?ѻýҕl> Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says Feb 23, 2024
<ѻýҕl>There's Still Time to Switch Medicare Advantage Plans This Yearѻýҕl> Beneficiaries have until March 31 to find a new plan; doctors should check plans, too Feb 21, 2024
<ѻýҕl>States Target Health Insurers' Red Tape Around Prior Authorizationѻýҕl> Pending bills in multiple states include policies backed by the AMA Feb 19, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Orthopedic Surgeons on Track to Earn Less Than Taco Bell Workersѻýҕl> If current trends continue, patients are in big trouble Feb 14, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Not Passing a Bill to Fix Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Is 'Appalling,' Lawmaker Saysѻýҕl> Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, also talks about prior authorization, violence against health workers Feb 13, 2024
<ѻýҕl>MedPod Today: Medicare Advantage Woes, Double Billing, NHPI Health Disparitiesѻýҕl> ѻýҕl reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Feb 02, 2024 podcast
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Sends Initial Price Negotiation Bids to Drugmakersѻýҕl> Manufacturers of 10 drugs have 30 days to accept or make a counter-offer Feb 01, 2024
<ѻýҕl>CMS Focusing on Better Aligning Quality Measures, Adding New ACO Modelsѻýҕl> Clinicians shouldn't have to navigate hundreds of different measures, Medicare director says Jan 30, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Value-Based Care: Filling Critical Gaps in Care and Clinician Leadershipѻýҕl> One Chicago health plan has come up with a unique program for doctors just starting out Jan 26, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?ѻýҕl> MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs Jan 25, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitalsѻýҕl> Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice Jan 24, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Is Adding an AI Readout to Mammography Worth It?ѻýҕl> Women would have to pay out-of-pocket, as reimbursement is a long way off Jan 24, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Q&A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBeneѻýҕl> The Washington congresswoman also discusses home dialysis, Medicare cuts Jan 19, 2024
<ѻýҕl>CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizationsѻýҕl> The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses Jan 17, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Is Burnout Destroying Emergency Medicine?ѻýҕl> It doesn't have to: here are four unique ways to address the issue Jan 17, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Sayѻýҕl> Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries Jan 16, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Saysѻýҕl> Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steamѻýҕl> More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts Jan 09, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Typeѻýҕl> Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvalsѻýҕl> "For them to take weeks -- up to months -- to provide an authorization is ridiculous" Dec 30, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?ѻýҕl> The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
<ѻýҕl>Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Saysѻýҕl> But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Cliniciansѻýҕl> Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices Dec 07, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policyѻýҕl> Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say Dec 06, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortageѻýҕl> Along with the punishing workload, pay is affecting the pipeline of primary care physicians Nov 24, 2023
<ѻýҕl>States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugsѻýҕl> Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
<ѻýҕl>The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Outѻýҕl> Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
<ѻýҕl>To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chaseѻýҕl> Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Risk, Value, and 'Doublethink' in Healthcareѻýҕl> The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry Nov 12, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networksѻýҕl> Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
<ѻýҕl>'Money' Should Not Be a Bad Word in Medical Educationѻýҕl> Physician understanding of the business of healthcare can better the system Nov 05, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024ѻýҕl> Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
<ѻýҕl>HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providersѻýҕl> Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule Oct 31, 2023
<ѻýҕl>How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Saysѻýҕl> Automatic basic coverage plus an optional supplement is the answer, says MIT professor Oct 27, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA Presidentѻýҕl> "We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld Oct 25, 2023
<ѻýҕl>House Members Mull Bills to Cut Red Tape and Improve Docs' Medicare Payѻýҕl> But Democrats say they weren't given enough input in many of the measures Oct 20, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagreeѻýҕl> "I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says Oct 05, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Physicians, Here's How to Increase Your Payѻýҕl> You can't realistically change specialties, but there are still ways to increase pay Oct 03, 2023
<ѻýҕl>California Misinfo Law Is Deadѻýҕl> Repeal bill also strengthens consumer protections and raises doctors' license fees Oct 03, 2023