Two Republican senators, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, have announced an alternative to replace Obamacare. The announcement came amidst increasing pressure on the GOP to create a substitute to the previous healthcare law. The new plan is currently being identified as “Obamacare replacement plan” grants […]
As 2016 comes to an end clinicians all across the country are preparing for the first performance year under the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The performance categories outlined under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) pathway are the main focus in these last few days before January 1st 2017; leaving [...]
The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act 2015 (MACRA) is all set for its first performance year starting January 2017, but with less than three weeks left, are practices truly ready? By introducing two pathways under the Quality Payment Program, MACRA hopes to limit resources wasted on […]
Election night saw Donald Trump winning the presidential race; an event that is widely touted as the crowning jewel on the car crash year that has been 2016. The morning after was no better as people looked past Trump’s rhetoric to […]
What is Medicare Physician Compare? Medicare Physician Compare is a website hosted by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that lists physicians that accept Medicare patients. Currently the website hosts basic physician information, but CMS intends to expand this to include performance scores physicians will earn under measures outlined by the Medicare Access [...]
Hiking Drug Prices Blame Congress The recent Congressional ire at pharmaceutical companies for hiking up drug prices by more than 500% feels justified, and heartening. Yet what Congress fails to recognize, or articulate, is its own contribution in the situation. Congress has played a key role in bringing the situation around to what it is [...]