CMS eliminates penalties for first year of MACRA and offers “pick your pace” options The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 8 that it will allow physicians to choose the level and pace at which they comply with the new MACRA Medicare payment reforms. Participating at any level in 2017 will ensure that you will not be hit with payment penalties in 2019. Read More... October 7, 2016 Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians react to surgeon general’s opioid plea In what is believed to be the first such action by someone holding his post, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, is sending a letter to the nation’s 2.3 million prescribing physicians urging them to help solve the growing opioid epidemic. Read More... September 15, 2016 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Aetna pulling out of most Obamacare markets Aetna is pulling out of all but four states where it currently sells plans on the Obamacare exchanges for 2017. Read More... August 16, 2016 Insurance, Public Health Aetna, Insurance, Obamacare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Insurance Rules Can Hamper Recovery From Opioid Addiction Twice a day, Angela and Nate Turner of Greenwood, Ind., put tiny strips that look like tinted tape under their tongues. "They taste disgusting," Angela says. But the taste is worth it to her. Read More... August 8, 2016 Insurance, Public Health Opioid 0 0 Comment Read More »
Doctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment In a big hotel conference room near New York's Times Square, six doctors huddle around a greasy piece of raw pork. They watch as addiction medicine specialist Michael Frost delicately marks the meat, incises it and implants four match-sized rods. "If you can do it well on the pork, you can easily do it on the person," Frost tells his audience. Read More... July 29, 2016 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
