<ѻýҕl>Mental Health Crisis Demands Better Coverage, Worker Pay, Experts Tell Houseѻýҕl> Advocates argue for workforce incentives, peer involvement, and closing Medicare coverage gaps Feb 03, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Patients Can't Get Their At-Home COVID Test Kits Covered -- Yetѻýҕl> But CMS says it's working to provide that coverage Jan 25, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices?ѻýҕl> Milton Packer wonders why physicians are struggling to get their priorities straight Jan 12, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Plans to Restrict Coverage of New Alzheimer's Drugѻýҕl> Proposal would cover aducanumab (Aduhelm) in patients on qualifying clinical trials Jan 11, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Was This Really Our Best Attempt at Step 1 Exam Reform?ѻýҕl> Shifting to a pass/fail system has unintended consequences Nov 23, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiationѻýҕl> Some worry this could lead to price controls for physician services Nov 14, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Young Physicians Need Support From Organized Medicine, Says AMA Presidentѻýҕl> "The fear and weariness ... I'd call it battle fatigue" Nov 13, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Should Medicare Pay the Same Amount Regardless of Where a Service Is Provided?ѻýҕl> MedPAC members like the idea -- with a few caveats Nov 10, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule Includes a Nearly 4% Payment Cutѻýҕl> Will leave practices in "financial peril," says AMA president Nov 03, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Billѻýҕl> Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out Oct 28, 2021
<ѻýҕl>National Nurses Union Wants to Fight Backѻýҕl> Resolutions call for consistent PPE and staffing levels, better organization and Medicare for All Oct 20, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Medicaid Will Be a Bigger Target for Alternative Payment Models, CMS Official Saysѻýҕl> Health equity also will be a focus, says CMMI official Ellen Lukens Oct 13, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Is Sticking With Mandatory Demonstration Models for Nowѻýҕl> But "we need to move away from having a model for every episode," says CMMI head Elizabeth Fowler Oct 06, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Air Ambulance Costs Are Soaringѻýҕl> And surprise bills often come along for the ride Oct 04, 2021
<ѻýҕl>When Prior Authorization Practices Go Too Farѻýҕl> Congress can reverse a troubling trend that creates patient care disruptions Sep 12, 2021
<ѻýҕl>PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Pricesѻýҕl> "We know how the story ends" when the government sets prices, group says Sep 08, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Pharmacist Charged for Vax Card Sales; Moderna Recipe Fight; Drug Waste Report COIsѻýҕl> This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 18, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Notice Any Rule Changes in Washington? You Can Thank COVIDѻýҕl> "It's opened a Pandora's box, which is not going back" Aug 11, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Medicare's Radiation Oncology Payment Model Vexes Oncology Communityѻýҕl> Participation required for certain radiation oncology practices starting next January Aug 10, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Bring House Calls Into the 21st Centuryѻýҕl> The pandemic highlighted the benefits of home health services for a range of patient populations Aug 02, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Ivermectin and Aducanumab: Do They Work?ѻýҕl> ZDoggMD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, analyze the evidence Jul 13, 2021
<ѻýҕl>As Overdoses Rise, Opioid Treatment Providers Struggle to Get Paidѻýҕl> Providers of medication assisted treatment say they're bleeding cash, and unable to keep staff Jun 22, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60ѻýҕl> Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action Jun 13, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chiefѻýҕl> "We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick Jun 11, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Federal COVID Fraud Charges Include Doc's Testing Schemeѻýҕl> Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ May 27, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Careѻýҕl> Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community May 25, 2021
<ѻýҕl>CMS Rules for Insurers Punt on Drug Copay Reliefѻýҕl> "Really disappointing" that payment notice didn't even mention these cards, coupons Apr 30, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Shifting PCI Procedures to Outpatient Centers: Safety First?ѻýҕl> Do benefits in efficiency, cost reduction outweigh risks? Apr 29, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scamѻýҕl> Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud Apr 28, 2021
<ѻýҕl>On the Road to High-Value Healthcare in the U.S.: Are We There Yet?ѻýҕl> CMS needs to keep the value-based payment models that work, and ditch the others Apr 27, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Op-Ed: Dermatology Needs Lower Costs and Better Careѻýҕl> A proposal for value-based care Apr 21, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Doc Groups Object to New Prior Authorization Rules in Medicareѻýҕl> Requirements for two spinal procedures set to take effect July 1 Apr 20, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAPѻýҕl> Sleep apnea specialists dumbfounded at critique of "gold standard" treatment Apr 09, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pongѻýҕl> Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us Mar 21, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Multi-City Study Bolsters Case for Mobile Stroke Unitsѻýҕl> But reimbursement woes, balkanized EMS agencies block path to broader use Mar 17, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Op-Ed: Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantageѻýҕl> Enforcing the False Claims Act can help Mar 13, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Vascular Surgeon Admits Doing Unnecessary Proceduresѻýҕl> Feng Qin, MD, will pay $800,000 and be excluded from Medicare for 4 years Mar 11, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Healthcare Disruptors: Doubling Down on Primary Careѻýҕl> Iora Health and its care teams are changing the way primary care is delivered Mar 10, 2021
<ѻýҕl>What Telehealth Should Mean for Licensureѻýҕl> Is it time for states to step back? Feb 22, 2021