Archive for June, 2008
AMA meeting: AMA grades health plans on how they handle claims
The Association hopes to reduce the administrative costs and other obstacles doctors face in collecting from insurance companies.
AMA meeting: Delegates decry CMS no-pay list as unrealistic and call for revision
Physicians said many conditions are not truly preventable and the initiative will expose doctors to additional liability.
Medicare audit overreach? Doctors think so, but audits aren’t going away
Physicians decry the heavy-handed methods of Medicare's "bounty hunters," but Congress and the White House are expanding the program nationwide.
Colorado adopts doctor rating standards, health system reforms
Several bills signed into law in June followed a state blue ribbon commission's recommendations.
CMS selects communities for Medicare EHR bonus pilot project
Only 4% of doctors have an extensive, fully functional electronic health records system, a new survey finds.