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Survey: 34% of doctors plan to quit by 2022

by: Roy Edroso Jul 26, 2012

A third of the physician surveyed by Jackson Healthcare plan to retire or leave medicine within the next decade. Why?

The healthcare staffing company's polls tend toward the downbeat: In previous surveys, doctors told them that they didn't like the Affordable Care Act ("70% disbelieve that the law will contain costs; 67% don't expect it to improve the doctor-patient relationship").

Survey: 9% of employers say they'll drop health coverage

by: Roy Edroso Jul 25, 2012

You may be losing some patients: Nearly one in ten bosses say they'll pay a penalty rather than come up to the ACA's standards.

The study from Deloitte, reports the Wall Street Journal, says "9% of companies in the Deloitte study said they expected to stop offering insurance in the next one to three years."

When is a demo not a demo?

by: Ben Penn Jul 18, 2012

CMS is taking heat for its Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible demonstration program -- but not for the reason you might think.

According to its critics, the 15-state program isn’t really a demo at all, since the state proposals, if approved, would serve 3 million patients, or roughly 40% of the nation’s full-benefit duals, according to a MedPAC letter to CMS.

Study: Solo doctor recruitment on steep decline

by: Roy Edroso Jul 16, 2012

A survey shows doctors increasingly work for hospitals or large practices. Is the small practice over?

A recent report from physician staffing company Merritt Hawkins finds the big recruiters of physicians are increasingly hospitals and large practices.

New G code for primary care, new e-Rx hardship exemptions in proposed physician fee schedule

by: Ben Penn and Karen Long Jul 9, 2012

The proposed 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule's significant payment boost to primary care would hinge on the addition of a new G-code that allows community physicians to bill for post-discharge care separately and in addition to traditional E/M codes.

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