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SPOTLIGHT: Senate bill's failure threatens Medicare physician payment reform
Physicians had pinned their hopes on a clause in the Senate reform bill that would have repealed the existing Medicare payment system, essentially freezing pay rates for a decade. With the defeat of... Read more...
Current reform plan would cut public hospital fees to below private plan levels
According to a new analysis by The Lewin Group, under a health reform draft currently under consideration by Congress, the number of uninsured Americans would fall dramatically, by about 32. 6... Read more...
KLAS says digital mammography offers strong ROI
While it's not cheap, digital mammography equipment can provide a strong return on investment by increasing the capacity for providers to conduct tests, according to a new report from research firm... Read more...
Beth Israel Deaconess doctors donate $350K to avert layoffs
In an unprecedented show of support for hospital staffers (well, we've never heard of such a thing, anyway), the heads of 13 medical departments at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have agreed to... Read more...
CA P4P programs don't pay enough to motivate; Discussing end-of-life can lower costs;
> A recently-released study of California pay-per-performance programs suggests that the program's financial incentives weren't large enough to generate real changes in physician behavior. Article... Read more...
Health plan bureaucracy steals doctors' time from patients
A new survey by the Texas Medical Association concludes that dealing with health plan bureaucracy--particularly collections--steals doctors' time with their patients. Doctors said they're worried... Read more...
Hospitals spend big on temp surgeons
Of late, general surgeons have started leaving their practices--and often, are going to work as temps instead. Full-time locum tenens surgeons can make $250,000 or more a year, or twice what they... Read more...
Struggling financially, physicians asks hospitals for help
An AHA study has found that physicians are turning to hospitals for help as they struggle with financial burdens and lowered incomes. The study, which surveyed 736 hospital chief executives, found... Read more...
Study: Reimbursement delays and low fees result in doctors turning Medicaid patients away
A new study shows that low fees are not the only thing discouraging physicians from accepting Medicaid patients. The study, performed by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), showed... Read more...
Sermo partners with Bloomberg to connect physicians, investors
Professional investors will soon be able to talk (almost) directly to physicians thanks to a new partnership between Bloomberg, L.P. and Sermo. The new partnership is, as far as your editor knows, a... Read more...
