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Internal Revenue Service Decides Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments are Taxable

thehealthlawfirm wrote 9 hours ago: By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The I … more →

Tags: Health Care Industry, electronic health record, I.R.S., florida attorney, Doctor, defense-attorney, Physician, the health law firm, CMS

CMS Takes Steps to Ease Medicaid Enrollment

Ashley Behrle wrote 4 days ago: From Kaiser Health News: Feds make it easier for states to enroll poor under health law By Phil Gale … more →

Tags: news items, Medicaid

Q and A: Medical Assistants and CPOE, Part 2 (Post 5 of 5)2 comments

Donald A. Balasa wrote 1 week ago: Because most CMAs (AAMA) work under the direct supervision of “eligible professionals” (as defined i … more →

Tags: Scope of Practice, AAMA, Certification, Certified, Certified Medical Assistant, CMA (AAMA), Credential, Legal, medical assisting

Medicare & You in 2013

cozbycpa wrote 1 week ago: We frequently get asked about how Medicare premiums are calculated. Now we have an easy way to provi … more →

Tags: Government, Personal Finance, Planning strategies, Retirement, Medicare, Plymouth MA accountant, Cozby CPA, official Medicare handbook, Medicare rules 2013

New CMS Proposal Will Reduce Hospitals' DSH Allotments: Less Incentive for Hospitals to Treat the Uninsured3 comments

kemanuel wrote 1 week ago: The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) put forth a new proposal setting forth aggregate reductio … more →

Tags: Affordable Care Act., CMS, CMS Proposal, DHHS, DSH allotments, DSH hospitals, Federal law, Health Care Providers, hospitals

How Government Killed the Medical Profession

Leatherneck Blogger wrote 1 week ago: By Jeffery A. Singer This article appeared in May 2013 Issue of Reason I am a general surgeon with m … more →

Tags: Conservative, Liberal, Politics, taxes, China, Current Procedural Terminology, diagnosis-related group, International Statistical Classification of Diseases an, Medicare

One of the reasons our health care costs are so high...15 comments

riverdaughter wrote 1 week ago: … is because we refuse to standardize prices for treatment.  I think I have told this story be … more →

Tags: General, costs for treatment, hospitals

Lack of Safety Oversight for Medicare Drug Benefit May Result in Added Costs, Drug Addiction and Early Death

johnib wrote 1 week ago: By Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur | ProPublica The Washington Post Ten years ago … more →

Tags: News, Health Care, Obamacare, Healthcare, Medicine, elderly, Affordable Care Act., Politics 2, Oklahoma

Diagnostic Manuals and New World Billing Codes: Can We Get Along?

URTRiPiN' wrote 1 week ago: The answer is no. Explaining how this is so in a blog is not realistic. It reminds me of when I was … more →

Tags: Social Justice, Knight Life Blog, Agenda 21, American Psychological Association, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM

Health care scams discussed with Clinton Graham Walker

dignitekhealth wrote 1 week ago: DIGNITEK HEALTH A MED TECH COMPANY DISCUSSED HEALTH CARE AND THE ABUSE OUR SYSTEM ENDURES WITH FALSE … more →

Tags: Healthcare, health care scams discussed with Clinton Graham Walker, mobile health technology, home health support, Medicare, Health Care Fraud, Justice Department, hhs, Medicare fraud

Healthcare Headlines Week of May 6, 2013

Kindred Healthcare wrote 2 weeks ago: Genes for Longevity May Protect Against Early Dementia A study published in the journal JAMA Neurolo … more →

Tags: alzheimer's disease, bundled payments, Cardiology, Hospice, hospitals, "long term care", Research-2, AARP, CMS

Government Study Shows Area Hospital Billing Varies Greatly

Justin Wingerter wrote 2 weeks ago: ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Same procedure, different hospitals, different bills. For example, consider the c … more →

Tags: News, health, Local News, Syndicated Local, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Gateway Regional Medical Center, gerard anderson, Granite City, Health Care

per CMS: A joint replacement ranged from $5,300 at a hospital in Ada, Okla., to $223,000 at a hospital in Monterey Park, Calif.

2012pharmaceutical wrote 2 weeks ago: Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN   Medicare Reveals Hospital Charge Information By David Pittma … more →

Tags: Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Population Health Management, Genetics & Pharmaceut, Statistical Methods for Research Evaluation, Health Law & Patient Safety, CMS, Medicare, University of Mississippi Medical Center, George Washington University Hospital, sibley memorial hospital

Public Exchange Applications Shortened

flexiblebenefit wrote 2 weeks ago: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a statement on April 30, 2013 that the pu … more →

Tags: Producers, employers, Employees, Healthcare Reform, public exchanges, CMS, health insurance marketplace, health coverage, Application

A Positive Step Toward Medical Billing Transparency2 comments

Tracy Goodwin wrote 2 weeks ago: In the past I have expounded upon general conditions necessary for consumers to drive market prices … more →

Tags: Health Care 2, charge masters, CMS, free market, Health Care, Health Insurance, hospital, hospital charges, Medical Bills

Q and A: Medical Assistants and CPOE, Part 1 (Post 4 of 5)5 comments

Donald A. Balasa wrote 2 weeks ago: Because most CMAs (AAMA) work under the direct supervision of “eligible professionals” (as defined i … more →

Tags: Accreditation, Certification and the CMA (AAMA) Credential, Scope of Practice, AAMA, Certified Medical Assistant, CMA (AAMA), Legal, medical assisting, scope of practice

Phil's Perspectives: The Changing Face of Long-Term Care Insurance

hyreandassociates wrote 3 weeks ago: By Phil Constans, Wealth Advisor                                                                     … more →

Tags: Spring Edition of Hyre Sense, "long term care", Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance, Medicaid, Health Insurance

Hospitals Getting A Pay Increase1 comment

Kristen Archibald wrote 3 weeks ago: Hospitals will get a pay raise from the U.S. government for treating patients in the Medicare progra … more →

Tags: Medicare, CMS, HMS, HMS Healthcare Management Solutions

"Here's the form to apply for Obamacare coverage"

goodolewoody wrote 3 weeks ago: CNN MONEY NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Starting in October, Americans without access to affordable health car … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Business 2, Healthcare, Obamacare, Politics, postaday, the disabled, the poor, Max Baucus


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