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Uncategorized Published - 12 November, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 65 False Claims Act cases unsealed since June: 5 things to know

Since June, 65 lawsuits filed under the qui tam, or whistle-blower, provision of the False Claims Act have been unsealed, according to a National Law Review report. Here are five things to know about the unsealed cases. 1. The government declined to intervene in 34 cases, partially intervened in 10 cases and fully intervened in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 November, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Is your physician compensation plan aligned with value-based reimbursement?

6 steps to transition your organization to a performance-based physician compensation model Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, healthcare reimbursement changes are rapidly evolving from primarily volume-based, fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based, risk-sharing accountable care contracts. As a result, physician compensation models that are primarily volume-based must quickly migrate […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 November, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Bundled payments can be gateway to payment reform

When insurers implement bundled payment projects, they’re transforming care by focusing on quality and lowering costs, making it a strong gateway to propel payment reform, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Institute. In fact, the “most attractive element” of a bundled payment pilot is often the opportunity to prepare for “future demands […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 November, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: No Drop in Malpractice Payments When Caps Rise to $500K

Putting in place noneconomic damage caps appears to reduce payouts more than not having caps, but when caps increased to $500,000, the effect on payments was neutralized, new research shows. Specifically, any cap trimmed average payments by 15% ($42,980) compared with no cap, and a $250,000 cap reduced average payments by 20% ($59,331), researchers report […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 November, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Prescription Opioids Involved in Most Overdoses Seen in Emergency Departments

In a national study of hospital emergency department visits for opioid overdoses, 67.8% of the overdoses involved prescription opioids (including methadone), followed by heroin, other unspecified opioids, and multiple opioids, according to a study published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. Michael A. Yokell, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, and colleagues analysed the 2010 […]

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