Published by the American Medical Association

Search tips

Featured � Prev 1 2 3 4 Next �

Interactive graphic by Jennifer Wenger / amednews.com

Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture

■ The health system reform law promises no-cost coverage of a lengthy list of screenings and other prevention services, but some beneficiaries still might miss out.

Read story

Photo by Steve Ruark / AP Images for American Medical News

Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future

■ Accountable care organizations that pay doctors up-front bring practice improvements, but it's unclear yet if program actuaries will see a return on investment.

Read story

Photo by AP / Wide World Photos

Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform?

■ The Senate bill includes reauthorization and expansion of a doctor visa waiver program, but House leaders will craft their own package.

Read story

Interactive graphic by Jennifer Wenger / amednews.com

Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape

■ The latest participation data reveal that when it comes to pay-for-reporting success, location and specialty matter.

Read story

Illustration by Andrew Roberts / www.andrewdraws.com

Medicaid's mounting audit pressure

■ Program expansion will mean stepped-up payment investigations, which typically target hospitals but also ensnare physicians, who say audits have little to do with good medicine.

Read story

Photo by Landov Media

Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins

■ Physician organizations came out winners on stances in more than a half-dozen high court cases covering a range of issues during the just-finished term.

Read story

Government

COVERAGE OF » Congress - Drugs and devices - Health system - Medicaid - Medicare - Regulatory - States

� AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal - Sept. 2
� Medical groups fear ACA grace period will lead to unpaid claims - Sept. 2
� ACA expected to cause few benefits disruptions - Sept. 2
� Doctors shortchanged by insurers’ shift to credit card payments - Aug. 26
� Organized medicine groups line up against proposed Stark law changes - Aug. 26
� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Out-of-pocket caps will be higher for some under ACA delay - Aug. 23
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19
� CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data - Aug. 19
� Defense, VA hit by health IT cost overruns - Aug. 19
� Insurers seek limited insurance exchange plan networks - Aug. 19
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12
� Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� Multimedia: What free screenings does the ACA require? - Aug. 12
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� Investigators probe self-referrals for prostate cancer radiation - Aug. 9
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5
� IOM: Target inefficient Medicare doctors, not regions - Aug. 5
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5
� Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date - Aug. 5
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2
� Medicare pioneer ACOs save money but lose physicians - July 29
� Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29

Topics »

Columns »

Listings

Help

Partner Links

Recent

� High court gene patent ruling doesn’t end legal battles - July 29
� GAO sounds alarm on self-referred Medicare biopsy rates - July 29
� Jury still out on urgent care savings - July 26
� Private Medicaid expansion plan would pay doctors more - July 22
� Medicare SGR repeal bill advances in House - July 22
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Medicare proposes doctor pay for complex chronic care management - July 22
� Victories against childhood obesity, but harder to find among poor - July 19
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15
� Physicians ensnared by litigation over pain pump complications - July 15
� Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform? - July 15
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15
� ACA employer mandate delay may mean more patients in exchanges - July 15
� Federal grants aim to boost CHIP, Medicaid enrollment - July 12
� Medicaid eligibles for 2014 healthier than expected - July 8
� Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - July 8
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8
� How high court bias rulings will affect medical workplace suits - July 8
� Managed care project serves as a test run for Medicaid expansion - July 5
� Medicaid's mounting audit pressure - July 1
� Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins - July 1
� Medicare doctor pay data release could be in next SGR bill - July 1
� Medical cost growth expected to stay low in 2014 - June 28
� Genes safe from patents, but industry finds hope in ruling - June 24
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Medicare advisers critical of both SGR and hospital pay - June 24
� Doctor safe harbor on free hospital EHRs nears expiration - June 24
� Congress prods agencies to get aggressive on drug diversion - June 24
� High court defines when physicians can unite against insurers - June 24
� States get creative to meet Medicaid specialty care shortfall - June 21
� Medicare's doctor records riddled with errors - June 17
� Rules let personal physicians craft wellness program alternatives - June 17
� House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17
� Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors? - June 17
� Health IT stands out as insurance exchange hurdle - June 14
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� SGR pay cuts play spoiler to optimistic Medicare forecast - June 10
� Dispute raised over true cause of Medicare spending disparities - June 10
� How well do physicians know the ACA? - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� Court upholds local medical marijuana bans on dispensaries - June 3
� CMS takes second look at Medicaid hospital pay cuts - June 3
� Innovation center offers $1 billion to test Medicare pay models - June 3
� Politics may give HHS chief control of Medicare IPAB - June 3
� Major medical organizations join CDC's anti-tobacco campaign - May 31
� Appeals court to decide if Plan B can be sold to all ages - May 27
� Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27
� OIG clarifies how to disclose health care fraud voluntarily - May 27
� Health centers get $150 million for insurance enrollment help - May 24
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next? - May 20
� Health spending slowdown shows signs it will stick - May 20
� Millions uninsured on patchwork Medicaid expansion map - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� Medicare proposes limits on hospital observation stays - May 13
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� ACA expected to test patient loyalty to physicians - May 13
� Pentagon warned against use of physicians in forced feeding - May 13
� Medicaid experiment yields uneven clinical returns - May 10
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6
� 2014 predicted to mark faster decline in primary care access - May 6
� “Network of networks” will bolster clinical registries - May 6
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6
� Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions - May 3
� Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage - April 29
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29
� Medicare ban on gender reassignment surgeries challenged - April 29
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29
� Physician-owned hospitals seize their moment - April 29
� House SGR reform authors receive physician feedback - April 26
� Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts - April 22
� Ruling redefines state take of medical liability awards - April 22
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� GOP probes ACA insurance exchange “navigator” grants - April 22
� Price drops seen as Medicare equipment bidding intensifies - April 19
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� ACA high-risk pool failings offered as cautionary tale - April 15
� House GOP floats new details of SGR reform plan - April 15
� Will ACA be a boon for concierge care? - April 15
� ACA Medicaid expansion analyzed by cost burden to patients - April 12
� Volume, not quality, still determines most doctor pay - April 8
� ACA Medicaid expansion leaves out 3.5 million immigrants - April 8
� Doctor-owned device firms under federal scrutiny for fraud - April 8
� Strictest anti-abortion laws in U.S. face court challenge - April 5
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� More trained clinicians, research urged for mentally ill - April 1
� IOM gives thumbs-down to Medicare regional value-based pay - April 1
� Primary care access a key to health disparities among counties - April 1
� AMA pushes for better insurance exchange networks - March 29
� Budgets underscore wide health policy gulf between parties - March 25
� Medicare spending disparities not reflected in cancer survival rates - March 25
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� Urgency intensifies on call to repeal Medicare SGR - March 25
� Study sees few state winners in ACA Medicaid expansion - March 22
� Doctors may lose potent legal tactic against insurers - March 18
� Brain scan sheds light on Medicare's technology decisions - March 18
� Unenrolled doctors will cause Medicare claims denials starting May 1 - March 18
� Report rebuts claim that ACA is unfair to young adults - March 18
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15
� Medicaid nonexpansion states could leave millions uninsured - March 11
� Physicians brace for 2% sequester pay cut - March 11
� Clinical integration model gets FTC green light - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� Lawmakers examine efficiencies of merging Medicare Parts A and B - March 8
� Medicaid's mental health emergency - March 4
� Florida reversal on Medicaid expansion raises doctor pay questions - March 4
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� CMS: No more delays with move to ICD-10 - March 4
� Mental health minimum benefits bolstered - March 4
� 2% Medicare pay cut set under sequestration - March 1
� Internists call to end “assault” on doctor-patient relationship - March 1
� Empowered by ACA, old fraud law puts new scrutiny on doctors - Feb. 25
� ACA health insurance exchange tally shows heavy reliance on federal help - Feb. 25
� Lawmakers urged to seize the moment on Medicare SGR reform - Feb. 25
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25
� State forgoes federal funds to go its own way on Medicaid expansion - Feb. 22
� Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets - Feb. 18
� Multimedia: How big will the Medicaid “woodwork” population be? - Feb. 18
� Medicaid-eligible but not enrolled? ACA a likely stimulus - Feb. 18
� Federal health insurance exchanges face uphill battles - Feb. 18
� Aggressive care faulted for delayed moves to hospice - Feb. 18
� Medical students urge Congress to preserve GME - Feb. 15
� Public can see pharma payments to doctors starting in 2014 - Feb. 11
� Medical societies back assault weapons ban - Feb. 11
� AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals - Feb. 11
� Lawmakers warned primary care can't absorb ACA expansions - Feb. 11
� Summit focuses on alternatives to Medicare pay system - Feb. 11
� White House to safeguard Medicaid in budget talks - Feb. 8
� Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6% - Feb. 5
� Medicare pay: Insurers preview a post-SGR world - Feb. 4
� Medicare expands prepayment audits to include office visits - Feb. 4
� Supreme Court closes door on late appeals of Medicare underpayments - Feb. 4
� HIPAA gets tougher on physicians - Feb. 4
� States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups - Feb. 1
� ACA multistate plans must not fly under regulatory radar, AMA says - Jan. 29
� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28
� Doctors warned on combat link to military suicide risk - Jan. 28
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21
� Legal showdown over gay conversion therapy waged in 2 states - Jan. 21
� Political ads: Using Medicare to jab an opponent - Jan. 21
� Economists outline strategy to counter primary care shortage - Jan. 18
� Rejecting Medicaid expansion adds new dimension to poverty line - Jan. 14
� Rule change lets House ignore Medicare IPAB - Jan. 14
� What's behind uptick in growth of spending on physicians - Jan. 14
� Partnerships OK'd to ease insurance exchange burdens - Jan. 14
� First state flu shot mandate at center of legal battle - Jan. 14
� New physician faces in Congress - Jan. 7
� Doctors say how ACA drug benefits can be strengthened - Jan. 7
� Medicare pay reprieve in place; next threat is 2% cut in March - Jan. 7
� Organized medicine urges CMS to halt ICD-10 switch - Jan. 7
� CMS innovation center faulted for wasteful duplication - Jan. 4
� Medicare doctor pay freeze until 2014 — 26.5% cut averted - Jan. 2

Most-viewed in Government

News in brief

Don't Miss

Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform?

Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform?

■ The Senate bill includes reauthorization and expansion of a doctor visa waiver program, but House leaders will craft their own package.

Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape

Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape

■ The latest participation data reveal that when it comes to pay-for-reporting success, location and specialty matter.

Medicaid's mounting audit pressure

Medicaid's mounting audit pressure

■ Program expansion will mean stepped-up payment investigations, which typically target hospitals but also ensnare physicians, who say audits have little to do with good medicine.

Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins

Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins

■ Physician organizations came out winners on stances in more than a half-dozen high court cases covering a range of issues during the just-finished term.

How well do physicians know the ACA?

How well do physicians know the ACA?

■ Individual practices and medical organizations are educating their doctors on the 2,000-page statute, and some say they're ready for 2014.

The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates

The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates

■ Bureaucratic rules and other administrative burdens placed on physician practices accumulate, cutting into time to treat patients and costing practices money.

Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage

Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage

■ Proposed reforms from a bipartisan group of senators would revamp J-1 visas and other programs that improve access to physician services in underserved areas.

Physician-owned hospitals seize their moment

Physician-owned hospitals seize their moment

■ Supplied with government data ranking them among the best for value of care, doctors at these facilities keep fighting to lift expansion restrictions.

Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts

Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts

■ Physicians and hospitals express concerns about the White House budget's potential impact on pay, including a provision to accelerate work of a Medicare cost-cutting board.

Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief

Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief

■ Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner fields pointed questions on ACA implementation and entitlement reforms at the Senate hearing on her nomination for the permanent post.

Will ACA be a boon for concierge care?

Will ACA be a boon for concierge care?

■ Proponents of the model say rising patient demand will prompt more consumers to seek personalized care, but some conflicts with health reform rules might arise.

Brain scan sheds light on Medicare's technology decisions

Brain scan sheds light on Medicare's technology decisions

■ Advanced imaging to early-diagnose Alzheimer's provides a case study on how technology proponents seek coverage through a process that involves both science and persuasion.

Medicaid's mental health emergency

Medicaid's mental health emergency

■ Coverage gaps have led many patients with acute psychiatric problems to hospital EDs. How one initiative hopes to strengthen mental health services for this population.

Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets

Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets

■ Declines in health spending growth have lowered the projected 10-year cost of freezing doctor pay rates from $244 billion to $138 billion.

Medicare pay: Insurers preview a post-SGR world

Medicare pay: Insurers preview a post-SGR world

■ As Congress struggles with its chronic pay formula problem, private plans offer examples of how Medicare might be overhauled to pay for value instead of volume.

Other resources

Congress

� AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal - Sept. 2
� Brief: Medicare fraud bill submitted again in House - Aug. 26
� Organized medicine groups line up against proposed Stark law changes - Aug. 26
� Brief: Government shutdown wouldn’t affect ACA - Aug. 19
� Defense, VA hit by health IT cost overruns - Aug. 19
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12
� Investigators probe self-referrals for prostate cancer radiation - Aug. 9
� Brief: House panel approves HIV organ donor research bill - Aug. 5
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2
� Brief: House bill would raise some Medicare patient fees - July 29
� GAO sounds alarm on self-referred Medicare biopsy rates - July 29
� IMGs: Linchpin to the future of U.S. health care - July 29
� Medicare SGR repeal bill advances in House - July 22
� Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform? - July 15
� Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - July 8
� Medicare doctor pay data release could be in next SGR bill - July 1
� Brief: Congress passes 4-strain flu vaccine bill - July 1
� Brief: Some health insurance exchange work is behind schedule - July 1
� News What’s next now that the AMA has declared obesity a disease? - July 1
� News More oversight seen as needed for compounding pharmacies - July 1
� Congress prods agencies to get aggressive on drug diversion - June 24
� Brief: CMS: Medicare cancer drug pay not spared from sequestration - June 24
� House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17
� Health IT stands out as insurance exchange hurdle - June 14
� Brief: Costs dip to make Medicare cards more secure - June 10
� Politics may give HHS chief control of Medicare IPAB - June 3
� Brief: Senators ask Medicare to use bonds to recoup overpayments - May 20
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13
� Brief: House bill would stop ICD-10 mandate - May 13
� 2014 predicted to mark faster decline in primary care access - May 6
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6
� Brief: Gun reforms stall in Senate - April 29
� Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage - April 29
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29
� House SGR reform authors receive physician feedback - April 26
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� GOP probes ACA insurance exchange “navigator” grants - April 22
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� ACA high-risk pool failings offered as cautionary tale - April 15
� House GOP floats new details of SGR reform plan - April 15
� Brief: AMA reaffirms support for Medicare private contracting - April 15
� More trained clinicians, research urged for mentally ill - April 1
� Brief: Senate bill would repeal ACA insurer tax - April 1
� Brief: Billions in savings forecast for EHR-medical device interoperability - April 1
� Budgets underscore wide health policy gulf between parties - March 25
� Urgency intensifies on call to repeal Medicare SGR - March 25
� Brief: House bill aims to keep doctors in Medicare quality groups - March 18
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15
� Physicians brace for 2% sequester pay cut - March 11
� Lawmakers examine efficiencies of merging Medicare Parts A and B - March 8
� Brief: Senate bill would alter Medicare nursing home mandate - March 4
� 2% Medicare pay cut set under sequestration - March 1
� Brief: House bill sponsor: ACA promotes age-cost imbalance - Feb. 25
� Brief: GOP senators present IPAB repeal bill - Feb. 25
� Lawmakers urged to seize the moment on Medicare SGR reform - Feb. 25
� Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets - Feb. 18
� Brief: House approves $1.7 billion children’s hospital GME bill - Feb. 18
� Medical societies back assault weapons ban - Feb. 11
� Brief: Physicians could see tighter controls on hydrocodone - Feb. 11
� Lawmakers warned primary care can't absorb ACA expansions - Feb. 11
� White House to safeguard Medicaid in budget talks - Feb. 8
� Medicare pay: Insurers preview a post-SGR world - Feb. 4
� Column: Uncap GME funding to break a dangerous training bottleneck - Feb. 4
� Brief: New House panel chief makes SGR repeal a priority - Jan. 28
� Connected Coverage: Another Medicare pay cliff-hanger that everyone saw coming - Jan. 14
� Rule change lets House ignore Medicare IPAB - Jan. 14
� New physician faces in Congress - Jan. 7
� Medicare pay reprieve in place; next threat is 2% cut in March - Jan. 7
� Brief: GAO calls for more oversight of Medicaid hospital charity pay - Jan. 7
� CMS innovation center faulted for wasteful duplication - Jan. 4
� Medicare doctor pay freeze until 2014 — 26.5% cut averted - Jan. 2

+ More on topic

Drugs and devices

� Brief: Drug compounding company issues sterile products recall - Aug. 26
� Out-of-pocket caps will be higher for some under ACA delay - Aug. 23
� Brief: Doctors sometimes overprescribe strongest antibiotics - Aug. 12
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� Brief: Illicit drug use rising among pregnant women - Aug. 5
� Brief: HPV vaccine coverage remains low in girls - Aug. 5
� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� Brief: 4.3 million opioid prescriptions go to “doctor shoppers” - July 29
� Column: A multipronged approach to opioid safety - July 29
� Brief: FDA takes action against fake pharmacies - July 29
� Brief: Medicare delays face-to-face rule for ordering DME - July 22
� Patient location and condition signal odds of drug compliance - July 22
� Brief: Drug-use data aid emergency doctors with opioid prescribing - July 22
� Physicians ensnared by litigation over pain pump complications - July 15
� Brief: Guidelines on cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines not followed - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Patients average only C+ on drug compliance - July 8
� Connected Coverage: A high-impact year for doctors at the high court - July 8
� Brief: Patient can’t sue generic drugmaker over labeling — high court - July 8
� Brief: OIG: Medicare spent $7 million on improper pneumococcal shots - July 8
� Brief: New flu vaccine safe for people with egg allergies - July 8
� Brief: Medication misuse, noncompliance exceed $200 billion - July 1
� Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins - July 1
� CDC gives more evidence to sway the reluctant on HPV vaccine - July 1
� Brief: Congress passes 4-strain flu vaccine bill - July 1
� Brief: Prescription drug monitoring database records leaked - July 1
� News Call for tougher rules to stop misleading medical device ads - July 1
� News Pharmacists warned on intruding into prescribing decisions - July 1
� News More oversight seen as needed for compounding pharmacies - July 1
� Electronic prescription monitoring struggles to gain traction - June 25
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Congress prods agencies to get aggressive on drug diversion - June 24
� Flu shot mandate yields results without scaring off health workers - June 24
� Brief: Employers back pharmacy benefits for employees - June 24
� Brief: White House drops appeal on Plan B contraceptive access - June 17
� Cancer patients want cost discussion, but fear initiating it - June 10
� Brief: Compounding firm’s steroid injections cause infection outbreak - June 10
� Opioid abuse crackdown puts heroin back in style - June 10
� Brief: EHRs seen as vital to strategy for medication compliance - June 10
� Brief: HHS, drug firm partner to develop new antibiotics - June 3
� Brief: Better compliance with heart failure drugs saved Medicare $2.3 billion - June 3
� Brief: Genetic data enlisted to radically shorten flu shot development - May 27
� Federal action sought to curtail drug noncompliance - May 22
� Brief: Senators ask Medicare to use bonds to recoup overpayments - May 20
� Pfizer fights Viagra counterfeiters with prescription website - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Brief: HPV protection may require fewer shots - May 13
� Infectious diseases weigh on primary care (ACP annual meeting) - May 13
� Doctors seek more pharma involvement in ACOs - May 6
� Brief: FDA bans crushable generic OxyContin - April 29
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29
� Brief: Pharma reps rarely mention drug hazards - April 29
� Joint Commission alerts hospitals to “alarm fatigue” - April 24
� Brief: Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions may be unnecessary - April 22
� Price drops seen as Medicare equipment bidding intensifies - April 19
� Researchers suggest 2 paths to get patients back on statins - April 15
� Study debunks a common autism worry about vaccines - April 15
� Brief: Court orders morning-after pill available to all - April 15
� Doctor-owned device firms under federal scrutiny for fraud - April 8
� Brief: DEA backs tighter labeling for opioids - April 8
� Brief: Closing Medicare drug coverage gap saves seniors $6 billion - April 8
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1
� Brief: Billions in savings forecast for EHR-medical device interoperability - April 1
� More parents saying no to HPV vaccine for their daughters - April 1
� E-prescribing influences doctors to order lower-cost drugs - April 1
� Brief: FDA: Common antibiotic can have deadly side effect - March 25
� Medical marijuana's last taboo - March 25
� Brief: FDA says “latex free” label carries hidden danger - March 18
� CDC spells out ways to stop spread of “nightmare bacteria” - March 18
� Brief: Fungal meningitis risk remains for patients who received tainted drugs - March 18
� Neurologists warn of prescribing stimulants to youths seeking better grades - March 18
� Brief: Drug company to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug - March 18
� FDA pushes for drugs that block Alzheimer’s - March 13
� CDC: Flu vaccine's spotty strength no excuse to skip shot - March 11
� Brief: CMS overpaid for infusion drugs by $334 million, OIG says - March 4
� Brief: FDA cracks down on fraudulent flu remedies - March 4
� Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Brief: Brief training has impact on prescription communication - Feb. 25
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25
� Brief: Older doctors more likely to grant brand-name drug requests - Feb. 25
� Brief: Broader use of opioid antidote slashes overdose death rate - Feb. 18
� Brief: Medicare to expand DME competitive bidding - Feb. 11
� Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits - Feb. 11
� AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals - Feb. 11
� Brief: Physicians could see tighter controls on hydrocodone - Feb. 11
� Brief: FDA will not seek Supreme Court review in off-label promotion case - Feb. 11
� Brief: Not enough U.S. adults get vaccinated, CDC says - Feb. 11
� Brief: Pediatric rotavirus vaccine also benefits adults, study says - Feb. 4
� Brief: Project cuts risky prescriptions among seniors - Feb. 4
� Aggressive flu season fills doctor waiting rooms - Feb. 4
� Connected Coverage: Flu complications go beyond illness - Jan. 28
� Brief: Drug errors rarely disclosed to hospital patients - Jan. 28
� Brief: New vaccine type to be widely available for next flu season - Jan. 28
� IOM stresses: Vaccine schedule for children is safe - Jan. 25
� Column: Help on avoiding opioid prescribing pitfalls - Jan. 21
� Brief: FDA advises how to manufacture abuse-resistant pain drugs - Jan. 21
� Brief: CDC: Widespread flu activity starts to ease in a few areas - Jan. 21
� Physician EHRs emerge as hot advertising venue for drugs - Jan. 21
� Keys to drug compliance may be trust and pill shape - Jan. 18
� Column: Chronic pain medicines should come with behavioral pacts - Jan. 14
� Brief: Doctors often fulfill patient requests for brand-name drugs - Jan. 14
� Reformulated opioids thwart misuse of the painkillers - Jan. 14
� Brief: Bill aimed at safer pharmaceutical compounding - Jan. 14

+ More on topic

Multimedia »

View multimedia

Interactive graphic: What free screenings does the ACA require?

■ Starting in 2014, certain publicly and privately insured patients will be able to receive approved preventive services at no additional out-of-pocket cost. Services given a grade of A (substantial net benefit) or B (moderate-to-substantial net benefit) by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will be covered for free for patients meeting gender, age and risk factor prerequisites. Use this tool to determine your patient's free preventive services.

View multimedia

Interactive graphic: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state

■ Hundreds of thousands of physicians technically were eligible to participate in Medicare's pay-for-reporting program in 2011, but most chose not to or were unable to meet requirements. Success rates varied widely by the states and specialties in which doctors practiced.

Health system

� Medical groups fear ACA grace period will lead to unpaid claims - Sept. 2
� ACA expected to cause few benefits disruptions - Sept. 2
� Brief: American Enterprise Institute describes how it would fix ACOs - Sept. 2
� Brief: Survey: EHRs boost quality but don’t cut costs - Aug. 26
� Brief: Insurance exchange navigators get grants to sign up uninsured - Aug. 26
� Doctors shortchanged by insurers’ shift to credit card payments - Aug. 26
� Men in high-deductible health plans put off serious care - Aug. 26
� Policing medical practice employees after work - Aug. 26
� Out-of-pocket caps will be higher for some under ACA delay - Aug. 23
� Liability fears drive doctors to defensive medicine, study reaffirms - Aug. 21
� Small doctor groups using IPAs to deliver care management - Aug. 19
� Brief: Government shutdown wouldn’t affect ACA - Aug. 19
� Successful ACOs say they struggle to get physician issues ironed out - Aug. 19
� Brief: More hospitals sharing electronic health data than in 2008 - Aug. 19
� Most health plans still resist covering weight-loss treatment - Aug. 19
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19
� Insurers seek limited insurance exchange plan networks - Aug. 19
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Column: Collaboration can save medical practices time, money and effort - Aug. 12
� Multimedia: What free screenings does the ACA require? - Aug. 12
� Column: Spotlighting 5 medical treatments that may be overused - Aug. 12
� Brief: Advanced practice nurses want in on insurance exchange plans - Aug. 12
� Brief: Electronic health tool aims to improve personalized care - Aug. 12
� Doctors get higher scores from patients more involved in care - Aug. 12
� Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� Retail clinic convenience charms new audience: parents - Aug. 12
� Brief: Given a choice, most employees pick least costly health plan - Aug. 12
� Brief: Health care-associated infections cost $45 billion annually - Aug. 5
� Brief: Medical studies often overturn standards of care - Aug. 5
� Elderly with anemia have increased risk of dementia - Aug. 5
� Brief: CMS places 6-month home health moratorium on Chicago, Miami - Aug. 5
� Brief: Doctors outline their role in containing health costs - Aug. 5
� Buddy programs link med students, Alzheimer’s patients - Aug. 5
� IOM: Target inefficient Medicare doctors, not regions - Aug. 5
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2
� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� Brief: House bill would raise some Medicare patient fees - July 29
� Brief: Sunshine Act phone app available for physicians - July 29
� Brief: Insurance exchanges a strong draw for health plans - July 29
� Brief: Projected impact of ACA employer mandate delay is small - July 29
� Brief: Majority of parents don’t know lifetime CT scan cancer risks - July 29
� Brief: Southern and black seniors less healthy than others their age - July 29
� Brief: FDA takes action against fake pharmacies - July 29
� WellPoint program lets employers name their price for doctors - July 29
� Medicare pioneer ACOs save money but lose physicians - July 29
� Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29
� Jury still out on urgent care savings - July 26
� Private Medicaid expansion plan would pay doctors more - July 22
� Brief: Medicare delays face-to-face rule for ordering DME - July 22
� Brief: State insurance exchange options deemed innovative and generous - July 22
� Brief: Standards set for ACA exchange enrollment navigators - July 22
� Brief: UnitedHealthcare to boost pay for ACOs - July 22
� Patient location and condition signal odds of drug compliance - July 22
� Brief: Drug-use data aid emergency doctors with opioid prescribing - July 22
� Is health IT reaching a plateau? - July 22
� Physicians find solutions in the face of disaster - July 15
� Column: The power of organized medicine makes a difference - July 15
� Brief: OIG: $540 million in Medicare overpayments is not recoverable - July 15
� Brief: Nongroup health plans expected to increase under the ACA - July 15
� Brief: Many doctors not discussing ACA with their patients - July 15
� Brief: Every age group thinks their generation is the healthiest - July 15
� Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform? - July 15
� ACA employer mandate delay may mean more patients in exchanges - July 15
� Hospitals see alignment with doctors as boon to patient care - July 15
� HSAs continue to see growth among patient population - July 15
� Federal grants aim to boost CHIP, Medicaid enrollment - July 12
� Tenet says Vanguard purchase will lead to more hospital deals - July 9
� Medicaid eligibles for 2014 healthier than expected - July 8
� 1.7 million affected by bankruptcies from unpaid medical bills - July 8
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8
� More young adults see health insurance as a necessity - July 8
� Brief: Consumers saved billions on 2012 premiums under ACA - July 8
� Brief: OIG: Medicare spent $7 million on improper pneumococcal shots - July 8
� Brief: Judge indicates birth control mandate violates religious freedom - July 8
� Brief: Medigap enrollment on the upswing - July 8
� Emergency department relief? Keep doctor offices open late - July 8
� Managed care project serves as a test run for Medicaid expansion - July 5
� Insurer reports $98 million cost savings with medical home program - July 2
� Medicaid's mounting audit pressure - July 1
� Brief: Baby boomers should be screened for hepatitis C - July 1
� Brief: Variation in ED imaging rates not dependent on physician training - July 1
� Brief: Some health insurance exchange work is behind schedule - July 1
� Brief: Study pinpoints primary care physician shortages - July 1
� News Federal payment sought for Medicaid organ transplants - July 1
� News Insurer report card points to patient collection hassles - July 1
� Column: Health reform puts doctors' professionalism on the line - July 1
� Boom predicted for retail clinics after years-long lull - July 1
� Medical cost growth expected to stay low in 2014 - June 28
� Med school grants aim to strengthen geriatric care - June 26
� Connected Coverage: Doctors, patients have yet to fully figure out the Affordable Care Act - June 24
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Medicare advisers critical of both SGR and hospital pay - June 24
� Column: Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� Hypoglycemia raises dementia risk in older diabetics - June 24
� MGMA-ACMPE details first findings of quality impact on doctor pay - June 24
� Hospital jobs turning into a doctors’ market - June 24
� Brief: Employers back pharmacy benefits for employees - June 24
� Brief: Health information exchanges not producing expected savings - June 24
� Brief: $1 billion could be saved on Medicare lab tests, OIG finds - June 24
� States get creative to meet Medicaid specialty care shortfall - June 21
� Study tallies cost of growing reliance on emergency care - June 19
� Fewer patients struggle with medical debt - June 18
� Medicare's doctor records riddled with errors - June 17
� Rules let personal physicians craft wellness program alternatives - June 17
� White House seeks renewed focus on mental illness - June 17
� Doctors urged to use 5-question tool to screen for frailty - June 17
� ACA likely to produce more hospital consolidation - June 17
� Brief: 14.4 million sign up for Medicare Advantage - June 17
� Brief: ACA likely to free workers for entrepreneurship - June 17
� Doctor ACO pay risk varies greatly on payer: public or private - June 17
� Brief: Shunning Medicaid expansion will cost 14 states $8.4 billion - June 17
� News AMA meeting opens with recap of year of promoting changes in health care - June 15
� Health IT stands out as insurance exchange hurdle - June 14
� Study gauges effect of patient engagement on health costs - June 11
� Column: Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10
� Cancer patients want cost discussion, but fear initiating it - June 10
� Brief: Immigrants pay Medicare more than what they receive in care - June 10
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� Brief: Organized medicine seeks info on Medicaid primary care pay boost - June 10
� Brief: Patients can shop for health care with cost estimator - June 10
� Employers firm up health insurance benefit plans for 2014 - June 10
� Health spending data reflect more patients seeing their doctors - June 10
� Dispute raised over true cause of Medicare spending disparities - June 10
� Brief: Prostate cancer treatment delayed longer for blacks than whites - June 10
� How well do physicians know the ACA? - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� Clinical guidelines often not so precise when it comes to cost - June 3
� CMS takes second look at Medicaid hospital pay cuts - June 3
� Innovation center offers $1 billion to test Medicare pay models - June 3
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Nursing homes pressured to be wired but not with health IT - June 3
� Health insurers lower spending growth but worry about ACA - June 3
� 2 of 5 adults younger than 65 fear they can’t afford health care - May 28
� Brief: Doctors and NPs sharply divided over scope of practice - May 27
� Letter: Liability protection would ensure Medicare and Medicaid access - May 27
� Letter: Free ACA care? Not quite - May 27
� Insurers have big plans for value-based doctor payments - May 27
� OIG clarifies how to disclose health care fraud voluntarily - May 27
� Health centers get $150 million for insurance enrollment help - May 24
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21
� “Seismic shift” lifts primary care's impact on hospital revenues - May 20
� Brief: Senators ask Medicare to use bonds to recoup overpayments - May 20
� Brief: Comparative effectiveness research funds awarded - May 20
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� Brief: Disparities seen in treatment of hypertension - May 20
� Health spending slowdown shows signs it will stick - May 20
� Millions uninsured on patchwork Medicaid expansion map - May 20
� Pfizer fights Viagra counterfeiters with prescription website - May 20
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� Brief: First ACA physician shield becomes law - May 13
� Brief: CMS simplifies ACA health insurance application - May 13
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13
� Brief: Public: Don’t know much about ACA - May 13
� Letter: When liability rests on guidelines, care is needed in defining terms - May 13
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� ACA expected to test patient loyalty to physicians - May 13
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� Medicaid experiment yields uneven clinical returns - May 10
� Brief: ACA penalty might not motivate the uninsured - May 6
� Brief: 26 million eligible for ACA subsidies in 2014 - May 6
� Brief: Sharp rise predicted in heart failure cases, costs - May 6
� Doctors seek more pharma involvement in ACOs - May 6
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6
� 2014 predicted to mark faster decline in primary care access - May 6
� Will doctors knowing the price really cut medical costs? - May 6
� “Network of networks” will bolster clinical registries - May 6
� Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions - May 3
� Employers see self-insurance as hedge against ACA health costs - April 30
� Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage - April 29
� Brief: ACA won’t slam young adults, health plan rater says - April 29
� Physician-owned hospitals seize their moment - April 29
� Private practice's future in a changing time for medicine - April 29
� Freestanding emergency department growth creates backlash - April 29
� Patient satisfaction with health care hits two-decade high - April 29
� Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts - April 22
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� GOP probes ACA insurance exchange “navigator” grants - April 22
� Walgreens clinics expand services to diagnosing chronic diseases - April 22
� Brief: Decade sees sharp decline in employer-based health coverage - April 22
� Brief: Dementia care costs $109 billion a year - April 22
� Brief: More employers plan to keep offering insurance under ACA - April 22
� Brief: “Big data” could cut billions in health care spending - April 22
� Price drops seen as Medicare equipment bidding intensifies - April 19
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� Urgent care surge fueled by pressures on health system - April 15
� ACA high-risk pool failings offered as cautionary tale - April 15
� Study debunks a common autism worry about vaccines - April 15
� Will ACA be a boon for concierge care? - April 15
� Letter: Patient involvement is necessary to rein in health care costs - April 15
� Brief: Cigna expands high-risk accountable care program - April 15
� Brief: Physician organizations get grants to reduce unneeded tests - April 15
� Brief: ACA data “dashboard” will track chronic conditions - April 15
� ACA Medicaid expansion analyzed by cost burden to patients - April 12
� Insurers spend little from premiums on quality improvement - April 10
� Long-term-care facilities lagging in health IT adoption - April 9
� Connected Coverage: Serving the medical needs of LGBT patients - April 8
� Column: Make cost part of the conversation with patients - April 8
� Cardiac treatment improves after taking page from Toyota playbook - April 8
� Volume, not quality, still determines most doctor pay - April 8
� ACA Medicaid expansion leaves out 3.5 million immigrants - April 8
� Doctors urged to help destigmatize childhood mental illness - April 8
� Do screening kiosks benefit patients or retailers? - April 8
� Doctor-owned device firms under federal scrutiny for fraud - April 8
� Brief: State residency will decide which veterans benefit from ACA Medicaid expansion - April 8
� Brief: Closing Medicare drug coverage gap saves seniors $6 billion - April 8
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� More trained clinicians, research urged for mentally ill - April 1
� IOM gives thumbs-down to Medicare regional value-based pay - April 1
� Brief: Doctor shortage leads to greater use of PAs and NPs as temps - April 1
� Brief: Senate bill would repeal ACA insurer tax - April 1
� Brief: Vast numbers in U.S. receiving free preventive care under ACA - April 1
� Brief: Billions in savings forecast for EHR-medical device interoperability - April 1
� Primary care access a key to health disparities among counties - April 1
� Column: Renewed focus on mental health comes at the right time - April 1
� AMA pushes for better insurance exchange networks - March 29
� Individual health plans failing to meet ACA benefit standards - March 26
� Employers to increase pressure on doctors to justify costs - March 25
� Brief: Costs impede growth of paired kidney exchanges - March 25
� Brief: Half of states get insurance exchange green light - March 25
� Budgets underscore wide health policy gulf between parties - March 25
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� Study sees few state winners in ACA Medicaid expansion - March 22
� Health IT’s economic benefits difficult for many doctors to see - March 19
� Preventive care coverage a mystery to many patients - March 18
� Report rebuts claim that ACA is unfair to young adults - March 18
� Column: 9 ways to market a medical practice after ACA takes hold - March 18
� Connected Coverage: Race and medicine: the struggle to improve care for African-Americans - March 11
� Medicaid nonexpansion states could leave millions uninsured - March 11
� Brief: Follow-up contact means more satisfied ED patients - March 11
� Brief: Medicare private plans project premium rise in 2014 - March 11
� Brief: ACA guidance closes prevention loopholes - March 11
� Brief: Abandon Medicare fee for service, commission says - March 11
� Brief: New Jersey expanding Medicaid in 2014 - March 11
� Column: ACA limits what happens after patient guns discussion - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� Physician groups fuel ACO growth spurt - March 6
� Medicaid's mental health emergency - March 4
� Florida reversal on Medicaid expansion raises doctor pay questions - March 4
� Brief: CMS overpaid for infusion drugs by $334 million, OIG says - March 4

+ More on topic

� ACA expected to cause few benefits disruptions - Sept. 2
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Multimedia: What free screenings does the ACA require? - Aug. 12
� Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� Private Medicaid expansion plan would pay doctors more - July 22
� Federal grants aim to boost CHIP, Medicaid enrollment - July 12
� Medicaid eligibles for 2014 healthier than expected - July 8
� Managed care project serves as a test run for Medicaid expansion - July 5
� Medicaid's mounting audit pressure - July 1
� News Federal payment sought for Medicaid organ transplants - July 1
� States get creative to meet Medicaid specialty care shortfall - June 21
� Brief: Shunning Medicaid expansion will cost 14 states $8.4 billion - June 17
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� Brief: Organized medicine seeks info on Medicaid primary care pay boost - June 10
� How well do physicians know the ACA? - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� CMS takes second look at Medicaid hospital pay cuts - June 3
� Innovation center offers $1 billion to test Medicare pay models - June 3
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21
� Millions uninsured on patchwork Medicaid expansion map - May 20
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� Medicaid experiment yields uneven clinical returns - May 10
� Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts - April 22
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� ACA Medicaid expansion analyzed by cost burden to patients - April 12
� ACA Medicaid expansion leaves out 3.5 million immigrants - April 8
� Brief: State residency will decide which veterans benefit from ACA Medicaid expansion - April 8
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� Budgets underscore wide health policy gulf between parties - March 25
� Study sees few state winners in ACA Medicaid expansion - March 22
� Medicaid nonexpansion states could leave millions uninsured - March 11
� Brief: New Jersey expanding Medicaid in 2014 - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� Medicaid's mental health emergency - March 4
� Florida reversal on Medicaid expansion raises doctor pay questions - March 4
� Internists call to end “assault” on doctor-patient relationship - March 1
� State forgoes federal funds to go its own way on Medicaid expansion - Feb. 22
� Multimedia: How big will the Medicaid “woodwork” population be? - Feb. 18
� Brief: Poll finds majority of Americans favor health insurance exchanges - Feb. 18
� Brief: Texas doctors push for Medicaid reform and expansion - Feb. 18
� Medicaid-eligible but not enrolled? ACA a likely stimulus - Feb. 18
� White House to safeguard Medicaid in budget talks - Feb. 8
� Brief: Arizona Medicaid expansion to get boost from hospital taxes - Feb. 4
� States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups - Feb. 1
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28
� Brief: WellPoint completes deal for Medicaid company - Jan. 21
� Brief: Idaho splits decision on Medicaid expansion, insurance exchange - Jan. 21
� Rejecting Medicaid expansion adds new dimension to poverty line - Jan. 14
� What's behind uptick in growth of spending on physicians - Jan. 14
� Brief: GAO calls for more oversight of Medicaid hospital charity pay - Jan. 7

+ More on topic

Medicare

� Brief: Medical practice managers seek EHR penalty moratorium in 2015 - Sept. 2
� Brief: American Enterprise Institute describes how it would fix ACOs - Sept. 2
� AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal - Sept. 2
� CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data - Aug. 19
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12
� Investigators probe self-referrals for prostate cancer radiation - Aug. 9
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5
� AMA-convened expert panel benefits Medicare - Aug. 5
� IOM: Target inefficient Medicare doctors, not regions - Aug. 5
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5
� Brief: House bill would raise some Medicare patient fees - July 29
� Medicare pioneer ACOs save money but lose physicians - July 29
� Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29
� Medicare SGR repeal bill advances in House - July 22
� Brief: Medicare proposes dialysis pay cut - July 22
� Medicare proposes doctor pay for complex chronic care management - July 22
� Doctor pay: Calculate your business case for Medicare and Medicaid - July 22
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15
� Brief: OIG: $540 million in Medicare overpayments is not recoverable - July 15
� Brief: Medicare won’t cover PET scans for dementia screenings - July 15
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15
� Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - July 8
� Brief: OIG: Medicare spent $7 million on improper pneumococcal shots - July 8
� Brief: Medigap enrollment on the upswing - July 8
� Marked decline in Medicare patients who spend final days in hospital - July 3
� Medicaid's mounting audit pressure - July 1
� Medicare doctor pay data release could be in next SGR bill - July 1
� Brief: Link seen between chronic conditions and Medicare spending - July 1
� News What’s next now that the AMA has declared obesity a disease? - July 1
� News Doctors seek payment models to replace Medicare SGR - July 1
� News Call for tougher rules to stop misleading medical device ads - July 1
� Medicare advisers critical of both SGR and hospital pay - June 24
� Brief: CMS: Medicare cancer drug pay not spared from sequestration - June 24
� Brief: $1 billion could be saved on Medicare lab tests, OIG finds - June 24
� Medicare's doctor records riddled with errors - June 17
� Brief: Medicare enlists patients to report fraud - June 17
� Brief: 14.4 million sign up for Medicare Advantage - June 17
� House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17
� Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors? - June 17
� Doctor ACO pay risk varies greatly on payer: public or private - June 17
� Brief: Immigrants pay Medicare more than what they receive in care - June 10
� Brief: Costs dip to make Medicare cards more secure - June 10
� SGR pay cuts play spoiler to optimistic Medicare forecast - June 10
� Dispute raised over true cause of Medicare spending disparities - June 10
� Brief: Disabled doctors can use stamped signature for Medicare - June 3
� Brief: Better compliance with heart failure drugs saved Medicare $2.3 billion - June 3
� Innovation center offers $1 billion to test Medicare pay models - June 3
� Politics may give HHS chief control of Medicare IPAB - June 3
� Brief: Health professionals charged with a quarter-billion dollars of Medicare fraud - May 27
� Brief: Medicare 2014 e-Rx penalty deadline nears - May 27
� Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27
� A time to apply lessons learned - May 27
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21
� Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next? - May 20
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� Medicare proposes limits on hospital observation stays - May 13
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� Brief: New Medicare ordering and referring policy delayed - May 6
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29
� Medicare ban on gender reassignment surgeries challenged - April 29
� House SGR reform authors receive physician feedback - April 26
� Nonprofit hospitals feel pinch of sequester - April 23
� Obama budget signals quicker trigger on Medicare pay cuts - April 22
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� Price drops seen as Medicare equipment bidding intensifies - April 19
� House GOP floats new details of SGR reform plan - April 15
� Brief: AMA reaffirms support for Medicare private contracting - April 15
� Brief: ACA data “dashboard” will track chronic conditions - April 15
� Volume, not quality, still determines most doctor pay - April 8
� Brief: Closing Medicare drug coverage gap saves seniors $6 billion - April 8
� IOM gives thumbs-down to Medicare regional value-based pay - April 1
� Column: Tools for physicians to reduce hospital readmissions - April 1
� Budgets underscore wide health policy gulf between parties - March 25
� Medicare spending disparities not reflected in cancer survival rates - March 25
� Urgency intensifies on call to repeal Medicare SGR - March 25
� Brief: Urban Institute opposes Medicare shutout of younger seniors - March 18
� Brain scan sheds light on Medicare's technology decisions - March 18
� Unenrolled doctors will cause Medicare claims denials starting May 1 - March 18
� Letter: Medicare RAC refusal came in wake of already vetted care - March 18
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15
� Brief: Medicare private plans project premium rise in 2014 - March 11
� Brief: Abandon Medicare fee for service, commission says - March 11
� Physicians brace for 2% sequester pay cut - March 11
� Lawmakers examine efficiencies of merging Medicare Parts A and B - March 8
� Physician groups fuel ACO growth spurt - March 6
� Brief: CMS overpaid for infusion drugs by $334 million, OIG says - March 4
� Brief: Senate bill would alter Medicare nursing home mandate - March 4
� 2% Medicare pay cut set under sequestration - March 1
� Brief: GOP senators present IPAB repeal bill - Feb. 25
� Brief: First-ever 85% medical-loss ratio set for Medicare private plans - Feb. 25
� Lawmakers urged to seize the moment on Medicare SGR reform - Feb. 25
� Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets - Feb. 18
� Brief: Obama again taps Tavenner to head CMS - Feb. 18
� Aggressive care faulted for delayed moves to hospice - Feb. 18
� Brief: Medicare to expand DME competitive bidding - Feb. 11
� Summit focuses on alternatives to Medicare pay system - Feb. 11
� Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6% - Feb. 5
� Medicare pay: Insurers preview a post-SGR world - Feb. 4
� Brief: Medicare paid millions to treat prisoners and illegal immigrants - Feb. 4
� Medicare expands prepayment audits to include office visits - Feb. 4
� Supreme Court closes door on late appeals of Medicare underpayments - Feb. 4
� Brief: New House panel chief makes SGR repeal a priority - Jan. 28
� Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28
� Column: How physicians can get paid for care coordination - Jan. 21
� Brief: CMS names latest round of Medicare ACOs - Jan. 21
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21
� Brief: Mammograms cost Medicare $1 billion a year - Jan. 21
� Political ads: Using Medicare to jab an opponent - Jan. 21
� Connected Coverage: Another Medicare pay cliff-hanger that everyone saw coming - Jan. 14
� Rule change lets House ignore Medicare IPAB - Jan. 14
� What's behind uptick in growth of spending on physicians - Jan. 14
� Brief: Cigna acquires Medicare Advantage plans in 3 states - Jan. 14
� Doctors say how ACA drug benefits can be strengthened - Jan. 7
� Medicare pay reprieve in place; next threat is 2% cut in March - Jan. 7
� CMS innovation center faulted for wasteful duplication - Jan. 4
� Medicare doctor pay freeze until 2014 — 26.5% cut averted - Jan. 2

+ More on topic

Regulatory

� Medical groups fear ACA grace period will lead to unpaid claims - Sept. 2
� Brief: Medical practice managers seek EHR penalty moratorium in 2015 - Sept. 2
� Brief: Drug compounding company issues sterile products recall - Aug. 26
� Doctors shortchanged by insurers’ shift to credit card payments - Aug. 26
� Column: Deadline looms on updating HIPAA privacy materials - Aug. 26
� Brief: HHS health IT chief to step down - Aug. 19
� CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data - Aug. 19
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19
� Data breach insurance goes mainstream in health care - Aug. 19
� Brief: Advanced practice nurses want in on insurance exchange plans - Aug. 12
� Significant mobile health growth predicted in next 4 years - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� Column: Picking your best option for patient interpretation services - Aug. 5
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5
� Brief: CMS places 6-month home health moratorium on Chicago, Miami - Aug. 5
� Health, fitness apps pose HIPAA risks for doctors - Aug. 5
� FDA turns harsh light on menthol cigarettes to snuff them out - Aug. 5
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2
� Letter: When proctoring pay makes the list, the Sunshine Act goes too far - July 29
� Brief: Sunshine Act phone app available for physicians - July 29
� Health data breaches usually aren’t accidents anymore - July 29
� Brief: FDA takes action against fake pharmacies - July 29
� Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29
� Brief: Medicare delays face-to-face rule for ordering DME - July 22
� Brief: Medicare proposes dialysis pay cut - July 22
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15
� Brief: OIG: $540 million in Medicare overpayments is not recoverable - July 15
� Brief: Medicare won’t cover PET scans for dementia screenings - July 15
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15
� ACA employer mandate delay may mean more patients in exchanges - July 15
� Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - July 8
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8
� Connected Coverage: A high-impact year for doctors at the high court - July 8
� Brief: Patient can’t sue generic drugmaker over labeling — high court - July 8
� Brief: New flu vaccine safe for people with egg allergies - July 8
� Medicare doctor pay data release could be in next SGR bill - July 1
� Brief: Prescription drug monitoring database records leaked - July 1
� News More oversight seen as needed for compounding pharmacies - July 1
� News Insurer report card points to patient collection hassles - July 1
� Half of physicians report they aren't their own boss - July 1
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Doctor safe harbor on free hospital EHRs nears expiration - June 24
� Congress prods agencies to get aggressive on drug diversion - June 24
� Brief: New rules toughen evidence for medical guideline recommendations - June 24
� Brief: CMS: Medicare cancer drug pay not spared from sequestration - June 24
� Brief: $1 billion could be saved on Medicare lab tests, OIG finds - June 24
� Project tallies lifetime radiation from health scans - June 24
� Brief: Medicare enlists patients to report fraud - June 17
� Brief: White House drops appeal on Plan B contraceptive access - June 17
� House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Brief: Costs dip to make Medicare cards more secure - June 10
� Brief: Compounding firm’s steroid injections cause infection outbreak - June 10
� Letter: Fatal EHR flaw — little thought given to physician users - June 10
� SGR pay cuts play spoiler to optimistic Medicare forecast - June 10
� Brief: Disabled doctors can use stamped signature for Medicare - June 3
� Brief: EHR adoption rate exceeds HHS expectations - June 3
� CMS takes second look at Medicaid hospital pay cuts - June 3
� Politics may give HHS chief control of Medicare IPAB - June 3
� Appeals court to decide if Plan B can be sold to all ages - May 27
� Brief: Medicare 2014 e-Rx penalty deadline nears - May 27
� Column: Improvements needed for reports on industry gifts to doctors - May 27
� Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21
� Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20
� With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next? - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15
� Column: Many medical practices not ADA accessible despite incentives - May 13
� Medicare proposes limits on hospital observation stays - May 13
� Brief: CMS simplifies ACA health insurance application - May 13
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13
� Brief: House bill would stop ICD-10 mandate - May 13
� Brief: EHR meaningful use success rate reaches nearly 50% - May 13
� What’s missing from many health apps — medical expertise - May 13
� 2 EHRs decertified for meaningful use eligibility - May 13
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� Column: Health data sharing needs an overhaul - May 13
� Brief: New Medicare ordering and referring policy delayed - May 6
� Brief: ACA penalty might not motivate the uninsured - May 6
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6
� Brief: Many smaller hospitals not ready for ICD-10 - May 6
� Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload - May 6
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6
� Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions - May 3
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Brief: FDA bans crushable generic OxyContin - April 29
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29
� Brief: High court refuses to consider graphic cigarette warnings - April 29
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29
� Medical system largely unprepared for privacy breaches - April 29
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22
� GOP probes ACA insurance exchange “navigator” grants - April 22
� Brief: More employers plan to keep offering insurance under ACA - April 22
� Brief: AMA online seminar to cover Sunshine Act’s impact on doctors - April 22
� CMS, in a switch, starts prepayment meaningful use audits - April 15
� Brief: ONC launches state meaningful use challenge - April 15
� Brief: AMA reaffirms support for Medicare private contracting - April 15
� Brief: DEA backs tighter labeling for opioids - April 8
� Brief: ONC seeks comments on health IT strategic plan - April 8
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� Hospital interest in acquiring physician practices grows - April 1
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1
� AMA pushes for better insurance exchange networks - March 29
� Individual health plans failing to meet ACA benefit standards - March 26
� Brief: FDA: Common antibiotic can have deadly side effect - March 25
� Brief: Half of states get insurance exchange green light - March 25
� Doctor-pharma ties defended on eve of pay reporting mandate - March 25
� Brief: FDA says “latex free” label carries hidden danger - March 18
� Unenrolled doctors will cause Medicare claims denials starting May 1 - March 18
� Report rebuts claim that ACA is unfair to young adults - March 18
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15
� FDA pushes for drugs that block Alzheimer’s - March 13
� Clinical integration model gets FTC green light - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� CMS: No more delays with move to ICD-10 - March 4
� Brief: FDA cracks down on fraudulent flu remedies - March 4
� Mental health minimum benefits bolstered - March 4
� Blame for medical data breaches often rests outside physician office - March 4
� ACA health insurance exchange tally shows heavy reliance on federal help - Feb. 25
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25
� Column: Fast could lead to furious over EHR meaningful use - Feb. 18
� Letter: Death certificates are missing a necessary check box - Feb. 18
� Brief: Obama again taps Tavenner to head CMS - Feb. 18
� Brief: School snacks would be healthier under new standards - Feb. 18
� Brief: EHRs not ready for quality reporting, hospital groups say - Feb. 18
� Federal health insurance exchanges face uphill battles - Feb. 18
� Brief: Medicare to expand DME competitive bidding - Feb. 11
� Public can see pharma payments to doctors starting in 2014 - Feb. 11
� Brief: Physicians could see tighter controls on hydrocodone - Feb. 11
� Brief: FDA will not seek Supreme Court review in off-label promotion case - Feb. 11
� Medicare expands prepayment audits to include office visits - Feb. 4
� HIPAA gets tougher on physicians - Feb. 4
� Brief: New vaccine type to be widely available for next flu season - Jan. 28
� Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21
� Column: Help on avoiding opioid prescribing pitfalls - Jan. 21
� Brief: FDA advises how to manufacture abuse-resistant pain drugs - Jan. 21
� Death certificates present final medical complication - Jan. 21
� Putting a price on the hassle of preauthorization - Jan. 21
� HHS settles first small data breach case at medical practice - Jan. 15
� Brief: FDA approves anthrax drug - Jan. 14
� What's behind uptick in growth of spending on physicians - Jan. 14
� Cloud-based EHRs create medical privacy risks - Jan. 14
� Brief: FDA proposes safety standards to prevent foodborne diseases - Jan. 14
� FDA gives green light to remote monitoring in clinical trial - Jan. 9
� Brief: EPA sets lower limit on soot - Jan. 7
� Organized medicine urges CMS to halt ICD-10 switch - Jan. 7
� Brief: GAO calls for more oversight of Medicaid hospital charity pay - Jan. 7
� CMS innovation center faulted for wasteful duplication - Jan. 4

+ More on topic

States

� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Policing medical practice employees after work - Aug. 26
� Childhood obesity declines in 18 states - Aug. 19
� Insurers seek limited insurance exchange plan networks - Aug. 19
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Multimedia: What free screenings does the ACA require? - Aug. 12
� Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture - Aug. 12
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date - Aug. 5
� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� States align to make it easier for doctors to communicate after disasters - July 30
� Brief: Insurance exchanges a strong draw for health plans - July 29
� Private Medicaid expansion plan would pay doctors more - July 22
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Brief: State insurance exchange options deemed innovative and generous - July 22
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15
� Medical liability reform quick to trigger legal challenges - July 15
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Managed care project serves as a test run for Medicaid expansion - July 5
� Medicaid's mounting audit pressure - July 1
� Column: An unwarranted antitrust risk for state medical boards - July 1
� Brief: Prescription drug monitoring database records leaked - July 1
� Electronic prescription monitoring struggles to gain traction - June 25
� Column: Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� ACA likely to produce more hospital consolidation - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Brief: Shunning Medicaid expansion will cost 14 states $8.4 billion - June 17
� News AMA meeting opens with recap of year of promoting changes in health care - June 15
� Health IT stands out as insurance exchange hurdle - June 14
� Column: Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� Opioid abuse crackdown puts heroin back in style - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� Court upholds local medical marijuana bans on dispensaries - June 3
� State takes first-ever path to approve assisted suicide - May 29
� Letter: Liability protection would ensure Medicare and Medicaid access - May 27
� Brief: Slight drop reported in pharma pay to doctors - May 20
� Column: Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Millions uninsured on patchwork Medicaid expansion map - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Brief: First ACA physician shield becomes law - May 13
� Brief: Hospitals report drops in pressure ulcers, harmful falls - May 13
� Letter: When liability rests on guidelines, care is needed in defining terms - May 13
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Medicare ban on gender reassignment surgeries challenged - April 29
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Ruling redefines state take of medical liability awards - April 22
� Brief: States try to restrict which doctors can do abortions - April 22
� Brief: U.S. has more than 2,000 insurance mandates - April 22
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� Column: An advocate for patients and physicians, state by state - April 15
� Brief: ONC launches state meaningful use challenge - April 15
� ACA Medicaid expansion analyzed by cost burden to patients - April 12
� Unseen and online: What are the limits for patient care? - April 8
� Brief: State residency will decide which veterans benefit from ACA Medicaid expansion - April 8
� Strictest anti-abortion laws in U.S. face court challenge - April 5
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Brief: Ban on abortions after 12 weeks becomes law - March 25
� Brief: Half of states get insurance exchange green light - March 25
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� Medical marijuana's last taboo - March 25
� Study sees few state winners in ACA Medicaid expansion - March 22
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Brief: State gun laws linked to fewer firearm deaths - March 18
� Medicaid nonexpansion states could leave millions uninsured - March 11
� Brief: Court blocks law banning Planned Parenthood funding - March 11
� Brief: New Jersey expanding Medicaid in 2014 - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� Some fear EHR meaningful use is too much, too soon for doctors - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� Brief: States to study new health delivery models - March 4
� Brief: Judges to decide whether pot dispensaries can be banned - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4
� ACA health insurance exchange tally shows heavy reliance on federal help - Feb. 25
� State forgoes federal funds to go its own way on Medicaid expansion - Feb. 22
� Multimedia: How big will the Medicaid “woodwork” population be? - Feb. 18
� Brief: Texas doctors push for Medicaid reform and expansion - Feb. 18
� Medicaid-eligible but not enrolled? ACA a likely stimulus - Feb. 18
� Federal health insurance exchanges face uphill battles - Feb. 18
� Brief: Broader use of opioid antidote slashes overdose death rate - Feb. 18
� Brief: Hospitals stumble in preventing harmful “never events” - Feb. 11
� White House to safeguard Medicaid in budget talks - Feb. 8
� Brief: Arizona Medicaid expansion to get boost from hospital taxes - Feb. 4
� New tort reform law a “tremendous win” for doctors - Feb. 4
� Column: Firing hinges on employed doctor's medical judgment - Feb. 4
� States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups - Feb. 1
� Connected Coverage: Flu complications go beyond illness - Jan. 28
� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Brief: Judge bars prompt-pay law at insurers’ request - Jan. 28
� Brief: State insurance marketplaces receive $1.5 billion - Jan. 28
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21
� Legal showdown over gay conversion therapy waged in 2 states - Jan. 21
� Brief: Court denies Planned Parenthood state funding - Jan. 21
� Brief: Idaho splits decision on Medicaid expansion, insurance exchange - Jan. 21
� Rejecting Medicaid expansion adds new dimension to poverty line - Jan. 14
� Partnerships OK'd to ease insurance exchange burdens - Jan. 14
� First state flu shot mandate at center of legal battle - Jan. 14
� Brief: Bill aimed at safer pharmaceutical compounding - Jan. 14
� Multimedia: How prepared is your state? - Jan. 7
� Emergency preparedness losing ground due to budget cuts - Jan. 7
� Brief: GAO calls for more oversight of Medicaid hospital charity pay - Jan. 7
� Brief: Hospital employee charged with identity theft - Jan. 7

+ More on topic

Copyright © American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

ADVERTISEMENT

Featured

Read story

Confronting bias against obese patients

■ Medical educators are starting to raise awareness about how weight-related stigma can impair patient-physician communication and the treatment of obesity. Read story

Read story

■ American Medical News is ceasing publication after 55 years of serving physicians by keeping them informed of their rapidly changing profession. Read story

Read story

Policing medical practice employees after work

■ Doctors can try to regulate staff actions outside the office, but they must watch what they try to stamp out and how they do it. Read story

Read story

Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change

■ The YMCA's evidence-based program is helping prediabetic patients eat right, get active and lose weight. Read story

Read story

Medicaid's muddled preventive care picture

■ The health system reform law promises no-cost coverage of a lengthy list of screenings and other prevention services, but some beneficiaries still might miss out. Read story

Read story

How to get tax breaks for your medical practice

■ Federal, state and local governments offer doctors incentives because practices are recognized as economic engines. But physicians must know how and where to find them. Read story

Read story

Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future

■ Accountable care organizations that pay doctors up-front bring practice improvements, but it's unclear yet if program actuaries will see a return on investment. Read story

Read story

Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk

■ When health care team members drop the ball, it's often doctors who end up in court. How can physicians improve such care and avoid risks? Read story

Current Topics »

September 2

American Medical News ceases publication after 55-year run

■ Unsustainable financial losses forced the move despite the newspaper's editorial quality, the AMA's senior management says. The Association's other news operations will be enhanced.

AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal

■ Physicians are rallying for the remaining months of the legislative year to overhaul the formula and build a new payment system based more on quality.

Columns