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For several years now, rising out-of-pocket health costs have caused some patients to forego needed care. A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund confirms that not only are patients cutting back on care due to cost, but also their misunderstanding of insurance coverage leads many to forego preventive care unnecessarily. Highlights from the national survey […]
Read MoreThe current medical malpractice environment has grown slightly less treacherous for doctors over the past seven to 10 years, with payouts falling and premiums remaining relatively flat, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But this stabilization of the market has not been due to traditional liability reforms such as […]
Read MoreOn November 12, 2014, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) sent a formal letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Science Board in response to their upcoming November 19 meeting on the use and potential toxicity of anesthetics and sedation drugs in the pediatric population. According […]
Read MoreOn November 7, 2014, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and International Spine Intervention Society sent a formal letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee in response to their upcoming November 24-25 meeting […]
Read MoreA new Medicare rule that will eliminate global surgical payments in two phases beginning in 2017 will be “an administrative burden for surgeons” and “a nightmare to track,” says the American College of Surgeons. A new Medicare rule that unbundles global surgeons’ fees for thousands of procedures not only bucks a national trend toward episode-based […]
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