Archives: Health Care
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Office Visits Declined in 2012 Again, but Not as Sharply
From Medscape Ophthalmology
Providing further evidence of a cooled-down healthcare sector, the number of physician office visits decreased by 0.9% from 2011 to 2012, according to a new study released yesterday by the research firm IMS Health. Howev... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Deadline for Avoiding 2014 E-Prescribing Penalty Is June 30
From Medscape Ophthalmology
Clinicians slow to adapt to digital medicine have until June 30 to electronically transmit 10 prescriptions to the pharmacy for Medicare patients, and thereby avoid a 2% cut in their Medicare reimbursement next year. The... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
D.C. Week: High Court Hears Gene Patent Case
From Medpage Today
The country's highest court heard arguments Monday in a gene-patenting case that looms large for the future of personalized medicine -- part of a wide-ranging week in Washington health news. Supreme Court justices lobbed... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Push to Keep ACA Guidelines out of Malpractice Cases
From Medscape Ophthalmology
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is accelerating the switch from fee-for-service reimbursement to pay-for-performance, and organized medicine is worried about the medical liability implications. What if a physician scores p... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Doctor-Owned Hospitals Prosper Under Health Law
From Medpage Today
Doctor-owned hospitals are earning many of the largest bonuses from the federal health law's new quality programs, even as the law halts their growth. The hospitals, many of which specialize in heart or orthopedic surger... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
New Social Media Guidelines Issued for Physicians
From Medscape Ophthalmology
A new social media policy urges doctors to "pause before posting" and to not "friend" patients online. The position paper, issued by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Federation of State Medical Boards, wa... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Docs May See Pay Delay Under ACA Exchanges
From Medpage Today
Physicians could face dramatic financial challenges for treating patients who receive health coverage through the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) exchanges starting next year. Insurance companies will not process claims on p... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
HHS Budget Plan Cuts Billions from Medicare
From Medpage Today
The Obama administration released its fiscal year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday, trimming nearly $400 billion over 10 years from Medicare as expected. "Our budget ... contributes to the president's goal of cutting the d... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Hundreds of Ophthalmologists Converge on Capitol Hill, Urge Congress to Sto...
From American Academy of Ophthalmology
As the country begins to feel the effects of the sequester, nearly 400 ophthalmologists representing the American Academy of Ophthalmology are meeting on Capitol Hill today to urge policymakers to halt Medicare cuts whic... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Bill Would Exempt Retirement-Age Physicians From EHR Penalty
From Medscape
Physicians near retirement wouldn't suffer a Medicare pay cut for failing to adopt an electronic health record (EHRs) system, and soloists would get a 3-year hiatus from this penalty under a bill introduced last month by... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
More Money Going to Medicare Advantage Plans
From Medpage Today
Payments to Medicare Advantage plans will increase by 3.3% in 2014, Medicare officials said late Monday. Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) based the payment increase on the assumption that... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
New Med School Aims to Train Primary Care Docs
From Medpage Today
Michael Ellison has a tough assignment. He's the associate dean of admissions choosing the first class of a brand new medical school, the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. It'... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
2% Medicare Pay Cut Hits Today
From Medscape Ophthalmology
Medicare payments to physicians for services performed beginning Monday, April 1, will shrink by 2% under the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts called sequestration. And unlike other impending Medicare pay cuts in ... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Ophthalmologists Report Less Burnout Than Other Specialists
From Medscape Ophthalmology
As physicians go, ophthalmologists are a fairly mellow bunch. Still, more than 30% of eye docs responding to the 2013 Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report say they have lost their zest for their work, feel cynical, and/or... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Active Docs Give Exercise Advice More Freely
From Medpage Today
A more active physician may make for more active patients, or at least one who knows they should be, a meta-analysis suggested. Physically-active physicians were up to five times more likely to counsel their patients abo... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
AAN: Docs Miss Some FDA Drug Alerts
From Medpage Today
FDA drug alerts on antiepileptic drugs may not be reaching healthcare professionals, and even if they do, physicians may not retain or act on that information, researchers reported here. An online survey of American Acad... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
County Health Rankings Still Show Wide Gaps
From MedPage Today
The disparity between the nation's healthiest and least healthy counties isn't completely disappearing even as public health efforts continue to chip away at the differences, a health ranking of all US counties found. "T... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology Announces Radio Campaign in Response to ...
From The Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmolog...
The Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology announced that it is running radio advertisements in response to Senate Bill 220 and House Bill 555. These bills would allow optometrists who are not medical doctors to injec... Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Senate Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
From Medscape
The Senate today voted 73 to 26 to continue funding government operations through September 30 the end of fiscal 2013 and prevent a shutdown when current appropriations run out on March 27. Read full article
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
GlaxoSmithKline Boss Says New Drugs Can Be Cheaper
From Medscape Ophthalmology
The pharmaceutical industry should be able to charge less for new drugs in the future by passing on efficiencies in research and development to its customers, according to the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc. "It'... Read full article
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