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Experts: Contract negotiation is possible even for small practices
by: Grant Huang Sep 16, 2013
If your practice is small and independent, you probably know what it feels like to be brushed off by major commercial payers like Aetna, UnitedHealth, or Cigna. But even the smallest practices can get better rates and perks by negotiating, and it never hurts to try, experts say. The trick is you’ve got to have a strategy and numbers to throw at payer reps.
 
State officials warn consumers to watch for fake websites purporting to be state health insurance exchanges
by: Nicholas C. Stern Sep 16, 2013
State officials are warning people perusing online health insurance marketplaces allowed for in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) about copy-cat websites that could be a scam designed to fleece unaware consumers.
 
Privacy concerns deter patients from disclosing health info to clinicians
by: Barbara Bryant Sep 16, 2013
Nearly one in eight patients have withheld information about themselves from a health care provider over concerns about possible security and privacy breaches, according to a study published online by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The findings are based on data from the latest in a series of surveys on national health information trends sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, an article in Modern Healthcare magazine says.
CMS releases Sunshine Act applications for mobile devices
by: Lauren C. Williams Sep 13, 2013
Providers can keep their own records of outside payments with mobile phone applications now that CMS has started collecting payment data from device and pharmaceuticals manufacturers.
Cigna to require genetic counseling before some tests
by: Roy Edroso Sep 13, 2013
On September 16, a major insurer starts requiring beneficiaries to undergo genetic counseling before they order certain tests. Some doctors are protesting.
FDA to take stricter stance on opioid labeling
by: A.J. Plunkett Sep 13, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration will be requiring stronger language on the labeling of extended-release and long-acting forms of opioids to “ensure their safe and appropriate use,” according to a statement published on the FDA’s website on Tuesday.
Next week some coding conference attendees will go the extra mile
by: Julia Kyles Sep 13, 2013
It’s no surprise that people will flock to DecisionHealth’s four specialty coding conferences next week. Where else can coders, billers, compliance managers and clinicians from anesthesia, cardiology, orthopedic, pain management practices get two and half days of expert guidance custom made for their specialty and pick up a sizeable number of CEUs in the process?
Gov't report finds small but real danger in EHR default settings
by: Roy Edroso Sep 12, 2013

A State of Pennsylvania agency report shows that EMR default settings can have  dangerous results.

Experts ask: Who left neurosurgeon free to kill and maim?
by: Roy Edroso Sep 10, 2013
Christopher Duntsch, M.D., left several patients dead or disabled after years of incompetent practice before his license was pulled, say authorities. 
 
TAVR to become more common than open-heart approach
by: Jennifer Clampet Sep 10, 2013
Interventional cardiologists may need to start fine tuning their skills for the percutaneous approach to aortic valve replacements – transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR/TAVI).
 
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