The number of uninsured is expected to decline by nearly half from 45 million in 2012 to 23 million by 2023 as a result of the coverage expansions associated with the Affordable Care Act, according to a report from the CMS Office of the Actuary. Health spending growth is projected to remain...
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) this week announced their approval of CMS’ recommended expansion of telemedicine coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. The AHA and ATA separately addressed the possible telemedicine expansion in CMS’ proposed...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 36
To help reduce the number of appeals over short-term inpatient stay claims, CMS announced a proposed settlement to pay hospitals a portion of what they claim they are owed.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 36
“The voice of clinicians can be profound, particularly if our sincere goal is improving care for patients. People will hear what we say. They will listen and be affected.”
John Haughom, MD, urges clinicians to be leaders in transforming healthcare in a blog post on
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 36
You’ll notice this week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider is dominated by CMS news. Most of it was announced last Friday just as many of us were probably gearing up for the holiday weekend, but now that we’re all back to work, it’s time to...
The national rate of physician turnover held steady at just under 7% during the past two years, but the number of physicians who retired from practice increased sharply in 2013, to an unprecedented 18%, according to the ninth annual Physician Retention Survey from the American Medical Group...
Physicians in states with disclose, apology and offer (DA&O) laws must still have payouts made on their behalf reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the ruling in May, but few knew about it until mid-August when...
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto have developed a “black box” for use in operating rooms, similar to that used in the airline industry. The goal is to improve patient safety and outcomes by identifying where errors occur in the OR and teaching surgeons how to prevent them. The...
