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Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes
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- Gregory Twachtman
The state health agency is expected to issue rules outlining the ban within the next 30 days.
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Videos help chemo patients better understand their treatments
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- Gregory Twachtman
A lack of understanding of cancer terminology can negatively impact informed consent and adherence to chemotherapy, but patient understanding was...
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Medicare’s CAR T-cell coverage decision draws praise, but cost issues linger
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- Gregory Twachtman
CMS officials have created a roadmap for coverage and payment for CAR T-cell therapies through a national coverage determination and the Medicare...
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Critics say hospital price transparency proposal ‘misses the mark’
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- Gregory Twachtman
The proposal from CMS would require hospitals to make public both their list prices and the prices they negotiate with payers.
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CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
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- Gregory Twachtman
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a...
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CMS is proposing higher payments for E/M visits
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- Gregory Twachtman
The increased payments for evaluation and management services would begin in 2021 and were recommended by the AMA’s Relative Value Scale Update...
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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
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- Gregory Twachtman
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated...
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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
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- Gregory Twachtman
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated...
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A personal touch can be key to state-level advocacy
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- Gregory Twachtman
WASHINGTON – One cancer patient accomplished what a legislator couldn’t when she advocated for health insurance coverage for fertility...
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Private equity dermatology: Time for a moratorium?
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- Gregory Twachtman
Private equity acquisition has spiked in dermatology. Until the impact is known, is it time to slow down?
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MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
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- Gregory Twachtman
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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Surprise medical billing legislation advances to the House floor
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- Gregory Twachtman
The bill was amended to include an arbitration process allowing physicians and hospitals to seek higher payments. The amendment was offered by two...
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First take on radiation oncology APM mixed
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- Gregory Twachtman
Radiation oncologists applaud the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ introduction of a test radiation oncology APM, but some red flags...
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Value-based metrics gain ground in physician employment contracts
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- Gregory Twachtman
Of 70% of health care recruitment searches that offered a production bonus, 56% featured a bonus based at least in part on quality metrics, up...
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FDA pushes for more diversity in clinical trials in draft guidance
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- Gregory Twachtman
New advice from the Food and Drug Administration calls on study sponsors to require fewer study visits, include more children, and let early-phase...