INTRODUCTION When physicians have finally completed the medical education journey, many are confronted with a “physician employment contract,” usually from a hospital or medical practice, which could define the essential terms of their professional relationship for many years to come. If the parties live happily ever after, neither may ever read the contract again. However, … Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION When physicians have finally completed the medical education journey, many are confronted with a “physician employment contract,” usually from a hospital or medical practice, which could define the essential terms of their professional relationship for many years to come. If the parties live happily ever after, neither may ever read the contract again. However, … Continue Reading
The Society of General Internal Medicine convened the National Commission on Payment Reform to formulate a recommendation for healthcare payment reform. This Commission released its Report in March 2013. Although we have attached the report, here are the 12 fundamental recommendations. 1. Over time, payers should largely eliminate stand-alone fee-for-service payment to medical practices because of its … Continue Reading
Although the ink is barely dry on the proposed regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), there are already harbingers that ACOs may not be the Health Care Reform savior they were intended to be. First, a study by the American Hospital Association states that the estimate initially made by CMS for the cost of … Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION When physicians have finally completed the medical education journey, many are confronted with a “physician employment contract,” usually from a hospital or medical practice, which could define the essential terms of their professional relationship for many years to come. If the parties live happily ever after, neither may ever read the contract again. However, if … Continue Reading
Section 6003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is the 2010 Healthcare Reform Act, imposes a new disclosure requirement for in office ancillary service referrals of imaging services. Section 6003 requires that referrals of MRI, CT, PET, and other designated health services as specified by the secretary, must be accompanied by … Continue Reading
At this point, there are three comprehensive healthcare reform bills passed by key United States Congressional Committees, i.e. the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a consortium of House committees, referred to as the House Tri-Committee, consisting of the Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and … Continue Reading
Replacing the scheduled 21.5 percent reduction in 2010 Medicare physician payments with a 0.5 percent increase; Requiring that all eligible health professionals participate in Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative by 2011; Creating a 10 percent bonus payment for primary-care and general-surgery providers who practice in health professional shortage areas. Funding for this five-year bonus, … Continue Reading
According to Bloomberg News it takes six lobbyists per lawmaker; on August 14, 2006, Bloomberg reported that $3,300 lobbyists have lined up to work on health reform. "That six lobbyists for each of the 535 members of the House and Senate, according to Senate records, and three times the number of people registered to lobby on … Continue Reading
