- NCPA applauds lawmakers’ pursuit of MAC pricing transparency (chaindrugreview.com)
Eleven congressmen have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for information on the enforcement of transparency measures for generic drug payments in Medicare Part D plans for 2016.
- Jason Pierre-Paul Lost His Finger. Did ESPN Violate HIPAA By Reporting It? (forbes.com)
Jason Pierre-Paul, the star defensive end for New York Giants, had one of his fingers amputated …injured in a fireworks accident.., according to a photo of a medical record posted by ESPN’s Adam Schefter…if posted without…consent,…at least one person violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,..
- Medicare expected to pay for end-of-life talks (politico.com)
Advocates for better end-of-life care expect Medicare to soon announce that it will start paying physicians for having advanced-care planning conversations with patients...The new policy could be part of an annual Medicare physician payment rule, which could be released any day.
- Ohio looks overseas in search for lethal drugs (bigstory.ap.org)
Ohio has explored overseas options in its search for lethal injection drugs no longer available in the U.S…policy calls for single doses of either sodium thiopental or pentobarbital,…it wants to import both ready-to-use supplies…as well as bulk supplies,..
- What the CMS’ ICD-10 truce with docs means for the Oct. 1 crunch (modernhealthcare.com)8 free must-have ICD-10 resources (ama-assn.org)
The recent concessions wrung from the CMS by the American Medical Association and other ICD-10 protesters are no panacea for a smooth transition to the voluminous and complex codes.
- Delaware becomes latest state to regulate telemedicine practices (modernhealthcare.com)
Delaware..to require health insurers to pay for telemedicine after ..governor approved an updated law regulating the virtual services… prohibiting insurers from engaging in discriminatory practices against providers who use telemedicine to deliver care.
- Federal tool details financial links between doctors, medical industry (reviewjournal.com)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments report,…to detail the financial relationships between health care companies and doctors and hospitals…Nationwide,.. doctors and research hospitals collected nearly $6.5 billion…
■ Dr. Michael Reis…$2.5 million (Carson City)
■ Dr. Fadi Braiteh…$500,000 (Las Vegas)
■ Dr. James Del Rosso…$405,000 (Las Vegas)
■ Drs. Troy Watson…$300,000 (Las Vegas)
- Using IT to Impact Population Health in Rural Communities (hhnmag.com)
..public hospital districts in rural Eastern Washington have adopted an innovative technology solution that gives providers real-time data on patients with chronic conditions. The system not only promotes better care coordination, but positions the providers for the shift to value.(video)
- CMS offers new care model for Medicare (healthcareitnews.com)
'CMS aims to make sure that care in the home is supported by a value-based care delivery model that is consistent with the rest of the system'..poised to launch a new model of care designed to support greater quality of care among Medicare beneficiaries..
- A Pharma Payment a Day Keeps Docs’ Finances OK (medpagetoday.com)
..doctors receive big money from the pharmaceutical industry is no surprise. The new data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that such interactions are widespread, with not only doctors, but thousands of dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors....