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Justice Department won't defend Obamacare in GOP states' lawsuit Although the DOJ stopped short of asking a federal judge in Texas to overturn the entire ACA, the agency echoed the core arguments of the Republican state attorneys general: that the ACA can't stand without the individual mandate's tax penalty.

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CMS Stresses Meaning Behind EHR Measures | Physicians Practice As meaningful use winds down, CMS is shifting its focus to meaningful reporting of valuable healthcare data.

More insurers are embracing telehealth, but Medicare adoption is still low More private insurers are paying for telehealth services, but Medicare still has restrictive rules for telehealth payment. Insurance, provider and technology groups are stepping up lobbying efforts to pass legislation that will force Medicare to provide greater financial support for the service.

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Justice Scalia's Death: Three Lessons for the Healthcare Community What are three lessons that can be drawn from the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia?

Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Deadline Extended CMS sets July 1 as the new cutoff date, giving physicians and hospitals extra time to apply for exceptions that could affect Medicare payments in 2017.

Six Ways Physicians Can Find Free Time | Physicians Practice By working smarter and taking advantage of these six tips to increase efficiency, physicians can find time to rest in the moment.

Senate Bill Would Expand Medicare's Telehealth Coverage The measure is framed as way to help physicians achieve goals of new Medicare reimbursement policies.

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We Have Too Many Specialists and Too Few General Practitioners | ConsultantLive "Primary care docs should be paid more, specialists less. More reimbursement for talking...less for testing and procedures." And, there's more.

2016 Adult Immunization Schedule Includes New Vaccines New vaccines against meningococcal serogroup B and human papillomavirus and a revision to the pneumococcal vaccine recommendation are among the 2016 changes.

CDC Alert: Severe Influenza Illness Reported Clinicians should initiate antiviral treatment to very ill and high-risk patients suspected of having influenza without waiting for test results. ICU admissions and deaths have been reported.

Doctor Shortage Worsens, Particularly In Southern States There are 91 active primary care physicians per 100,000 population in the United States, but there needs to be more if Americans are going to get the right care, in the right place and at the right time, a group representing the nation’s medical schools and teaching hospitals says in [...]

CMS makes it easier to opt out of EHR requirements The CMS is making it easier for providers to opt out of meaningful-use requirements of electronic health records amid a series of proposed changes to the 6-year-old $31.8 billion EHR incentive payment program.

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Small and Solo Family Practices Provide Critical Services These practices comprise more than half of all family physicians, and serve key populations. Programs can connect them to economies of scale while helping them keep the advantages of being small.

BREAKING: New Medicare ACOs include first 'Next Generation' cohort The Obama administration has named the newest participants Medicare's accountable care programs, which now include 477 organizations across four different models.

Avoid Bad Online Physician Reviews: 5 Tips | Physicians Practice How can you avoid a bad review on Yelp, Vitals, or another site of that ilk? Experts shared five tips that will get your rankings up.

AMA Names Top Nine Issues That Will Affect Physicians in 2016 Developments in healthcare regulations, legislation, and the health insurance market will emerge in 2016, which may "profoundly impact" physicians and patients, the AMA says.

Bill Allows Mass Exemptions From EHR Meaningful Use Penalty The measure, awaiting the president's signature, would make it easier for Medicare to exempt physicians from a 3% penalty because they were not given enough time to meet MU requirements in 2015.

Negative 40 Winks: 10 Facts About Sleep Deprivation | ConsultantLive Hypertension, diabetes, depression, obesity—just a few of the chronic ills that affect persons with sleep insufficiency. Catch up on your sleep facts and figures in these 10 slides.

May all physician's find satisfaction in the critically important job they do.

'I Still Find Satisfaction in Being a Physician' | Physicians Practice Every year I continue to feel blessed to be a physician. I would never say it is easy, but I have yet to find myself wanting any other career.

Physician Burnout Climbs 10% in 3 Years, Hits 55% Systemic, rather than self-help, interventions are needed to avoid a negative effect on US healthcare.

Public Confused About Antibiotic Resistance, WHO Says A new WHO campaign, 'Antibiotics: Handle With Care,' aims to improve understanding of the global crisis and change the way antibiotics are used.

Financial Scams Target Medical Practices at Year End | Physicians Practice Practice owners should be leery of potential financial fraud, which seems to peak at the end of the year. Here are some things to look out for.

Going Solo: One Physician’s Success Story | Physicians Practice One doctor is finding success in a seemingly rare place in healthcare: As someone who became a solo doc. She explains how in this blog.

20 bizarre new ICD-10 codes          The ICD-10 code set, scheduled to go live on Oct. 1, 2015, brings with it thousands of new codes for medical practices nationwide. And while some will b

Hopefully your practice is experiencing smooth seas with your ICD-10 transition.

ICD-10 Transition: Smooth Sailing So Far, But Miles to Go Hiccups and glitches aside, physicians are successfully submitting claims with the new codes and getting paid. Claims processing snafus are getting fixed. But it's too early for an "end-zone dance."

Medical Societies Seek 'Meaningful' Relief From Congress They want legislation to force revision of meaningful use stage 3 rule that CMS just announced.

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Why Doctors are Declining Meaningful Use | Physicians Practice Why is the dropout rate of the EHR Incentive Program getting higher and higher? Experts say there are multiple reasons.

Medicare Cut for Physicians Helps Balance New Budget Deal To help offset an $80 billion spending increase, the bipartisan bill would extend a 2% sequestration cut of Medicare payment rates into fiscal 2025.