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The AMA opposes the reclassification of hydrocodone combination products, but placing tighter prescribing rules on drugs such as Vicodin and oxycodone sends a strong message to physicians about the drugs’ high potential for abuse. The combination of a new federal law placing stricter requirements on prescription drugs containing hydrocodone and a new statement criticizing the […]
Read MoreThe death of Joan Rivers has increased scrutiny of outpatient medical centers and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), according to PBS Newshour. “It can be kind of tricky for patients to tell the difference between what is a hospital [and] what’s an outpatient surgery center,” Shannon Pettypiece of Bloomberg News told Newshour. ASCs differ from hospitals […]
Read MoreI wanted to share this with our readers to increase their overall knowledge on where healthcare is going. Expenditure growth for physician and clinical services is projected to accelerate to 5.9 percent this year, compared with 3.3 percent in 2013, according to a recent report from CMS’ Office of the Actuary published in Health Affairs. […]
Read MoreHere are seven healthcare trends. 1. Cost vs. benefits of healthcare reform. One of the key positive aspects of healthcare reform is the decrease in the number of uninsured Americans, with approximately 10.3 million American adults gaining health insurance coverage between January 2012 and June of this year, according to a study published in The […]
Read MoreI wanted to share this with our readers since most of them practice in a hospital. Medicare is reducing payments to 2610 hospitals from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, because of high 30-day readmission rates, Kaiser Health News reports. That’s three quarters of the hospitals that can be penalized under Medicare’s Readmission Reduction […]
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