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A new ICD-10 end-to-end testing period for providers, as well as associated guidance for testing, was revealed this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The new testing period, which will involve a second sample group of providers, according to CMS, will run from April 26, 2015, through May 1, 2015; other testing […]
Read MoreThe median total cash compensation for physicians has risen across almost every specialty, with urology experiencing the largest pay increase since 2013, according to the 2014 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates. On average, specialty physicians saw a compensation increase of 1.9 percent in 2014, down from a 3.2 percent increase […]
Read MoreNational health spending is growing at the slowest rate since 1960, a welcome change to policymakers after decades of inflation. National health spending is growing at the slowest rate since the federal government began tracking the trend in 1960, a welcome change to policymakers after decades of inflation. But experts aren’t sure if the slowdown […]
Read MoreCMS is using new authorities created by the ACA to clamp down on Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intends to ramp up oversight of providers and to save taxpayers money, according to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, who announced new anti-fraud measures. They are designed to prevent physicians and […]
Read MoreTwo pharmacists at the notorious New England Compounding Center have been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 individuals who received nonsterile steroid pain injections in 2012 and 2013, according to a criminal indictment unsealed today in a federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. The pain medicine in question — preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate […]
Read MoreRecruiting, hiring and training new employees can eat up a manager’s time. The last thing a manager wants to do is start the process all over again because that new hire just stood up and walked out the door after three months. To avoid repeating that time-consuming process, it’s important to talk with new employees […]
Read MoreWhen Steven Passik, PhD, slipped on the ice earlier this year and tore his supraspinatus tendon, he needed rotary cuff surgery and was given a prescription for opioids to deal with the pain — no questions asked. “They didn’t ask me who I am or what I do; they didn’t ask me a single question […]
Read MoreFourteen people have been arrested and charged in connection with the fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened more than 680 in several states in 2012. Charges included in the indictment include numerous counts of second-degree murder, racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud, although not all defendants are accused of each count. Among the […]
Read MorePublished in Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Oct;30(10):689-93 Authors: Young TP et al OBJECTIVES: We sought to describe the doses of propofol used for sedation in our pediatric emergency department, along with the range of procedures performed under propofol sedation. We also planned to describe clinically important physiologic changes seen and physician satisfaction with propofol at […]
Read MoreA bill written to assist disabled persons that passed the U.S. House of Representatives could result in across-the-board Medicare payment cuts to physicians. The bill, H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, would allow people with disabilities to create special savings accounts for education, housing and other needs without risking their government […]
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