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If you were hoping CMS would intervene to ease the effect of the 2% sequester cut on drugs, especially expensive cancer drugs, Marilyn Tavenner has all but killed that hope.
 
Information continues to dribble out of CMS about the much-anticipated administrative claims-based reporting system, in which the federal agency – for this year only – will report your physician quality reporting system (PQRS) measures for you.
 
A bill to reform the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula continues to advance, albeit slowly, within the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) save thousands of lives every year. But could the devices also be killing the sex drive of its youngest recipients?
Contrary to what some electronic health record (EHR) vendors might tell providers, CMS does not require a specific template for the clinical summary to meet meaningful use requirements.
State public health departments are warning that absent an infusion of cash, they’ll have trouble restraining the spread of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility and even death.
 
Scottish surgeons are taking medical social media to a whole new level, adding live broadcasts and tweets to the already complicated procedures of percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.
Sen. Marco RubioR-Fla., has indicated it is time for another vote to repeal the ACA. Should such a vote be successful, it would spare health care providers the trouble of having to implement a compliance plan.
 
That’s right, the beleaguered trust fund will be depleted two years later than expected, according to a new report from CMS trustees.
If you’re a participating Medicare provider, there’s an excellent chance that some of your enrollment information stored with CMS is not accurate, according to an OIG report released May 28.

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