Current Controversies in the Identification and Management of Cancer-Related Pain: A Case-Based Approach...
Sep 24, 2012
The heterogeneous nature of cancer pain can present challenges for the oncologist as well as for primary care providers, who often care for patients who are in remission but still have lingering cancer...
Open up and say ‘Aha’
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2010
OK, raise your hand if you were surprised to learn that physicians averted a major Medicare pay cut that was supposed to take place this week. Didn’t think so. I wasn’t either.
AHCA disagrees with CMS decision to implement new multiple procedure payment reduction rule
Nov 04, 2010
The American Health Care Association spoke out this week after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it is implementing a new payment reduction policy for therapy services because of a “duplication...
Sheehan warns doctors about new Medicaid overpayment policies
Oct 21, 2010
Healthcare reform law provisions pertaining to reporting and returning overpayments present a critical Medicaid challenge facing physicians next year, New York State Medicaid Inspector General Jim Sheehan...
End-of-life care could depend on physician’s religion, study suggests
Aug 30, 2010
The religious beliefs of your physician could impact the care you receive at the end of life, according to a new British study.
Doc pay fix temporary resolves nursing home therapy reimbursement rates
Jun 30, 2010
The recent temporary physician pay fix also decides certain nursing home therapy reimbursement rates.
Medicare physician pay cut contributes to growing trend of patient refusals
Jun 22, 2010
Many physicians have begun to limit the number of new Medicare patients they accept following Friday’s imposition of a 21% reimbursement cut, but these new patient refusals are just the latest in...
Groundhog Day for Medicare physician payment cuts
By
Liza Berger
Apr 14, 2010
There’s a game called the “temporary doc fix.” Congress plays it every year and I’m beginning to tire of it.
DEA loosens grip on nursing home pain medications
Mar 30, 2010
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday issued an interim rule that slightly relaxes its position on pain medications in nursing homes.
Concerns grow over unsettled issues of therapy caps, Medicare physician pay
Feb 18, 2010
Tensions are rising among healthcare providers over two unresolved issues: the implementation of Medicare Part B therapy caps and an impending 21% pay cut to Medicare physicians.