Healthcare IT: A 'goldmine' for fraudsters

Health IT is serving another unexpected purpose: it's becoming a landmine for fraud. In " Health care: A 'goldmine' for ...

Healthcare IT: A 'goldmine' for fraudsters 2015-05-15T02:23:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

RUC Off - the New England Journal Once Again Fails to Mention the Unmentionable

Last week, the influential New England Journal of Medicine published an article by Bruce Vladek entitled "Fixing Medicare's Physici...

RUC Off - the New England Journal Once Again Fails to Mention the Unmentionable 2015-05-11T00:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

New CMS Chief Donald Berwick: a Trojan Horse for Quackery?

On July 7, President Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Berwic...

New CMS Chief Donald Berwick: a Trojan Horse for Quackery? 2015-05-07T19:27:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Role of the RUC in Medicare's Price-Fixing and Rationing Remains Anechoic

An important part of the noisy and contentious debate about health care reform in the US centers on the role of the government as a provider...

The Role of the RUC in Medicare's Price-Fixing and Rationing Remains Anechoic 2009-10-02T07:55:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Congress expects physicians to implement EHR's when they can't post a PDF on the web?

Congress expects physicians to implement EHR's and review patient histories in detail, when they can't even review their own bills b...

Congress expects physicians to implement EHR's when they can't post a PDF on the web? 2009-09-26T05:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

SGIM Urges "Chuck the RUC"

This week, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) members received the 5 August, 2009, Update in Health Policy that urged we "chuc...

SGIM Urges "Chuck the RUC" 2009-08-07T08:30:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The RUCkus Continues: Former Medicare Administrator Calls the "RUC Process" "Incredibly Flawed," and the AMA Chair Says He's "Inaccurate"

We have posted frequently about the role of the RBRVS Update Committee (RUC) in fixing the rates at which Medicare pays physicians. These pa...

The RUCkus Continues: Former Medicare Administrator Calls the "RUC Process" "Incredibly Flawed," and the AMA Chair Says He's "Inaccurate" 2009-06-25T07:06:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown