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News, opinions and meeting coverage in geriatrics.

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Plugs Changes to E/M Coding

Agency argues that streamlined billing codes will reduce physician burden

<乌鸦传媒>HHS Gives PTAC the Cold Shoulder

Declines to implement any recommendations, leaving members seething

<乌鸦传媒>Opinions Divided at AMA on Prostate Cancer Screening

Resolution referred for further study

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Tangles With 'Gene Doping' Guidelines

Also: emergency room evidence; impact of corporate investors in healthcare

<乌鸦传媒>Trump OMB Appointee Blasts Obama-Era Value Programs

Says CMMI programs aren't working; have 'failed to deliver'

<乌鸦传媒>Multiple Lawsuits, Multiple Deaths, $900k from Medicare

'More than 15, less than 30' malpractice suits, he said

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions

Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical

<乌鸦传媒>Miracle or Scam? The Strange Tale of Trina Health

Part one of a two-part investigation

<乌鸦传媒>Docs, Medical Boards Ignored FDA Warning Letters on CCSVI

Fueled by YouTube, bogus MS 'cure' peddled by docs licensed in multiple states

<乌鸦传媒>Caring for the Sickest Patients: A Calling and an Opportunity

New models are disrupting the way primary care is provided

<乌鸦传媒>Radiologists Reconsider Their Divided Specialty

As IRs, DRs converge in hospital settings, can they -- should they -- stay independent?

<乌鸦传媒>Big Changes Coming to Healthcare, Says HHS Chief

'We're unafraid of disrupting existing arrangements'

<乌鸦传媒>Backlash Over Nixing of CMS Add-On Payments for DCBs

Superiority of drug-coated balloon angioplasty not reflected in reimbursement, group suggests

<乌鸦传媒>Patients Need More Info on Post-Acute Care, MedPAC Says

But providing facility quality ratings is a sticky wicket

<乌鸦传媒>Tool Available to Help Rheumatologists Cope with MIPS

Eases reporting needed to avoid penalties, earn incentive payments under MACRA

<乌鸦传媒>MIPS Takes a Beating at MedPAC

Medicare advisory panel says it needs to go

<乌鸦传媒>MedCAC Wary of Bariatric Surgery for Medicare Beneficiaries

Panel called for more inclusive research of this population

<乌鸦传媒>AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye

Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed

<乌鸦传媒>AMA to Examine Public Option

Feasibility study stops short of endorsement

<乌鸦传媒>What PAs Need to Know About MACRA

Expert details benefits, challenges of new reimbursement system

<乌鸦传媒>Fear and Loathing on the MACRA Trail

Congress guesses that recordkeeping effort will improve patient care

<乌鸦传媒>A Surprising Place to Find Anti-Kickback Rules

Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal

<乌鸦传媒>CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

<乌鸦传媒>AAFP Says CMS Should Negotiate Drug Prices

AAFP Congress wraps up with a series of actions targeting cost and access

<乌鸦传媒>AAFP Exec Declares Healthcare 'Fundamental Human Right'

Tearful entreaty mixed with scolds

<乌鸦传媒>MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services

Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families

<乌鸦传媒>By the Numbers: Who Are the ED 'Frequent Flyers'?

Surprising demographics for patients with many emergency room visits

<乌鸦传媒>Election 2016 Snapshot: Medicare

Trump and Clinton offer different visions for Medicare

<乌鸦传媒>Safety Net, Teaching Hospitals Call CMS Star Ratings Unfair

Argue scores don't account for factors they can't control

<乌鸦传媒>Why We Cover Politics

All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side

<乌鸦传媒>301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Blasts Medicare Part B Drug Price Plan

Votes to ask CMS to withdraw proposal

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win

Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city

<乌鸦传媒>MitraClip Billing Checklist Released

Guide describes code modifiers and when to use them

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits

Agency apparently moved by objections to draft coverage decision

<乌鸦传媒>10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD

Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says

<乌鸦传媒>Registry Underway for Watchman CMS Coverage

But who to include and how to follow them are still fluid issues

<乌鸦传媒>Judge: Medicare Must Cover CGM for T1D Patient

Courts may be forcing CMS' hand for coverage of continuous glucose monitors

<乌鸦传媒>Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed

Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated

<乌鸦传媒>Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 乌鸦传媒 staff

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