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SGR repeal bill reintroduced; payment mechanism not addressed
A bill to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula was reintroduced into the House and Senate March 19.
H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, is described as “nearly identical” to the...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 19, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
House negotiating SGR fix, repeal could come soon
Negotiations are apparently underway in the House of Representatives over the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, and agreement on a possible repeal could be on the horizon.
The new efforts will hopefully lead to an improved, permanent payment system that ensures Medicare is on a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 12, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Medicare at 50: Is the end near for SGR?
The Sustainable Growth Rate formula. Few aspects of Medicare have been more problematic for physicians.
Designed to control Medicare costs, Congress has spent more since 2003 to delay SGR cuts than it would cost to fund current repeal legislation.
Passed as part of the Balanced Budget Act of...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 10, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Putting allergy/immunology into context: analysis of the 2012 US Medicare reimbursement data
Released in April 2014 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Provider Utilization and Payment Data Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (Physician and Other Supplier PUF) is the first unrestricted look into Medicare use and payment data in more than 3 decades. Intended to increase transparency in health care and government, the file contains reimbursement information on 6,000 different procedures and services reimbursed to more than 880,000 health care providers in 2012.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - January 8, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Andrew S. Nickels, James T. Li, Gerald Volcheck Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Putting allergy/immunology into context: analysis of the 2012 US Medicare reimbursement data.
PMID: 25578247 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - January 8, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Nickels AS, Li JT, Volcheck G Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research
Medicare @ 50: Popular with patients; problematic for physicians
When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965, he vowed that the program would give seniors access to the “healing miracle of modern medicine” and save them from exhausting their savings when they became ill....
Source: Skin and Allergy News - January 5, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics SAN Practice Economics SN News Source Type: news
Happy holidays from Medicare: 250,000 docs to get meaningful use penalty
About 257,000 doctors and other medical professionals, or about 50% of those eligible to participate in the electronic health record incentive program, are about to get a holiday “gift” from Medicare: a 1% reduction in Medicare pay.
The reduction will come from 2015 Medicare payments to doctors...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 19, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Congress leaves SGR, Medicaid parity, ICD-10 undone
The year is ending on a sour note for physicians, as Congress is recessing without addressing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula or acting on a number of other doctors’ priorities.
Congress did not extend a pay increase for primary care physicians who serve Medicaid recipients, nor did...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 14, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics PED Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Physicians shun Stage 2 of meaningful use
Of the 269,000 physicians and health care providers who successfully attested to Stage 1 of meaningful use, just 3,655 have successfully attested to Stage 2 and are ready to receive the incentive payment from Medicare. The Stage 2 deadline is Feb. 28.
For hospitals, the number is similarly weak:...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 12, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
PODCAST: Open enrollment rolls on, an ACO reprieve
Open enrollment is underway and the Obama administration says it’s cautiously optimistic about the process, which closes on Dec. 15 for those who want coverage Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 8, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Podcasts CARD Practice Economics CHEST Podcasts CHEST Practice Economics CEN Podcasts CEN Practice Economics CNN Podcasts CNN Practice Economics CPN Podcasts Source Type: news
CMS expands ability to deny provider enrollments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is tightening scrutiny of providers enrolling in Medicare in an effort to curb fraudulent billing and keep providers with unpaid Medicare debt from reentering the program.
New rules <a...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 4, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics SAN Practice Economics Source Type: news
PODCAST: Time running out for year-end SGR fix
As the 113th Congress gets ready to make way for the 114th, physicians are watching the chances getting slimmer for a repeal of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula before the end of the year.
In an interview, Dr. Robert M. Wah, president of the American Medical Association, said that...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - November 24, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Podcasts CARD Practice Economics CHEST Podcasts CHEST Practice Economics CEN Podcasts CEN Practice Economics CNN Podcasts CNN Practice Economics CPN Podcasts Source Type: news
Medicare expanding coverage of telehealth services
Medicare will begin paying for more care delivered by telehealth next year, but restrictions could limit the growth in these virtual or remote visits.
The program pays for telehealth services only when provided in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas; additionally, patients must receive...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - November 12, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics PED Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics SAN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Doctors Must Report on at Least 1 Patient, 1 Measure for MACRA
To avoid Medicare payment penalty in 2019, clinicians must report by Dec. 31, submit by Feb. 28
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Pathology Source Type: news
