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Study: Average chain restaurant meal is 1,128 calories, full of salt
by: Roy Edroso May 15, 2013
Tell your patients: A new study finds each chain restaurant meal provides on average more than half of the recommended calories for one day, and lots of fat and salt.
IRS proposes “safe harbor” employee coverage plans that satisfy the ACA
by: Burt Schorr May 15, 2013
Employers would be complying with health care reform requirements of the Accountable Care Act (ACA) if they offered employees a plan with a $3,500 combined medical and drug deductible and a $6,000 cap on workers’ out-of-pocket costs.
Marvel Hammer guides pain practices through the dark side of PQRS
by: Julia Kyles May 15, 2013
When it comes to PQRS, a lot of eligible providers just say “Meh,” despite the promise of a bonus on all of their Medicare payments.
 
 
Genetic tests grab headlines, not Medicare reimbursement
by: Jennifer Clampet May 14, 2013
Simple genetic tests for cardiology-related diseases are grabbing headlines this month. But they’re not necessarily seeing the dollar-signs from Medicare, yet.
 
 
On the frontier of ovarian cancer detection, wet-nosed lab techs sniff out the disease
by: Laura Evans May 14, 2013
Sometime in the not-so distant future, ordering a “lab” test might entail sending the specimen to a specially trained canine to give it a thorough sniffing over.
 
 
Medscape’s best, worst states in each region for physicians to practice
by: Scott Kraft May 14, 2013
While many physicians would argue that stagnant reimbursement and increased costs make it tough to practice medicine anywhere these days, the reality is that some states are better than others for a variety of reasons.
Michigan HIV treatment fraudsters get prison, will pay back $6 million
by: Roy Edroso May 13, 2013
Raymond and Emelitza Arias are going to prison for billing for treatment of HIV patients that never happened.
Sign up in July to let Medicare track your PQRS measures
by: Laura Evans May 13, 2013
If you’re going to report quality measures to Medicare, clearly this is the year to start.
Roleplay actors help doctors communicate with teen patients
by: Scott Kraft May 10, 2013
Getting teenagers to be candid and open up during communications can be challenging for any adult, but the stakes are higher when the adult is a physician trying to diagnose and treat a teenage with a healthy amount of suspicion or distrust of authority.
Court upholds long “stent” for cardiologist
by: Jennifer Clampet May 10, 2013
Should an interventional cardiologist go to jail for stenting healthy patients – even when he stented a lower percentage of patients than his peers? Yes, according to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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