Stephanie Bouchard
Republicans blasted off a letter to Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday amid rumors that HHS had shut down the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program.
A collection of more than 50 patient advocates, including doctors, lawyers and chief executive officers, are asking Congress to allow public access to hospital accreditation surveys.
The thrust behind higher healthcare spending in the United States on primary care and orthopedics versus in other countries is higher physician fees says a new study published in Health Affairs earlier this month.
President Obama's deficit reduction plan announced yesterday proposes to save $248 billion from Medicare and $72 billion from Medicaid, and other health programs hinged on legislative action fixing the Sustainable Growth Rate. Healthcare organizations say the proposed savings will be detrimental.
When 4,000 NUHW workers strike this week at Kaiser Permanente facilities, they will be joined by 17,000 registered nurses from the California Nurses Association and 2,000 members of the Stationary Engineers, Local 39. NUHW representatives are saying the strike will be the largest in Kaiser history.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is proposing to fix the Sustainable Growth Rate by sharing the cost of repealing the SGR among physicians, other health professionals, providers in other sectors and beneficiaries. The response from those in the industry has been less than supportive.
If the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System go through, more than half of all home health agencies in the United States will face negative Medicare financial margins, says the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.
The original intent of the Sustainable Growth Rate was noble, says a newly released white paper by MedeAnalytics, but the SGR problem has become infected and needs a cure.
As many private practice doctors shutter their offices to join health systems and group practices, subspecialty pediatricians are more often entering private practice. The trend is examined in a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics.
To rephrase disco-era singer Donna Summer: You work hard for your money, so you better treat it right. And there are lots of ways to do that. But if you’re a high-net worth physician – with assets of $5 million or more – you might want to consider a family office.