Medical Liability Lawsuit Filings Remain Below Pre-Reform Levels
Despite a slight uptick in the number of 2013 medical malpractice filings, lawsuit abuse reforms that were adopted in 2002 appear to be having a positive impact to weed out…
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Medicare Learning Network – July 10, 2014
To view – Click here or copy and paste into your browser: http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Provider-Partnership-Email-Archive-Items/2014-07-10-eNews.html?DLPage=1&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending
Read More Regulation of Tanning Salons
Regulation of Tanning Salons Culminating years of hard work by PAMED and its allies, On May 6, 2014, Governor Corbett signed a new law banning use of tanning facilities…
Read More New City Deputy Mayor of Health and Opportunity Appointed
MAYOR NUTTER ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS Appoints new Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity, Health Commissioner and Department of Human Service Commissioner. Philadelphia, June 27, 2014– Mayor Michael…
Read More CMS Programs Available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pleased to announce that three new video recordings of the webinars hosted by the Philadelphia Regional Office earlier this year are now…
Read More AMA Study Shows Physician Impact on Economy
$1.6 trillion, 10 million jobs: Study shows physician impact on economy From the American Medical Association Each physician in the United States supports 13.84 jobs on average and contributes $2.2…
Read More CMS Webinar: Aligning PQRS with Meaningful Use CQMs in 201
Aligning PQRS with Meaningful Use CQMs in 201 The Philadelphia Regional Office of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be hosting an encore presentation of the “Aligning PQRS…
Read More CMS Releases Searchable, Physician Specific Medicare Claims Data on Website
On April 8, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted searchable, physician-specific Medicare claims data on its web site. The spreadsheet files show for each physician their NPI,…
Read More SGR Update – 3/27/14
This week, the House Rules Committee posted legislation that would temporarily patch the 24% SGR cut scheduled for April 1. While the legislation includes several provisions the ACC has advocated…
Read More TELL CONGRESS TO REPEAL SGR NOW!
Call or visit your members of Congress in their home offices next week during the Congressional recess! Even if you’ve already sent an email or made a phone call, NOW…
Read More US HOUSE PASSES AMENDED SGR BILL – 3/14/14
On Friday, March 14, by a vote of 238 to 181, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 4015, the “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization…
Read More Community Based Health Care Program Grant Requests
TO: Physicians If you are involved in a community-based health care program that is in need of funding, you may be interested in the following PA Department of Health’s Bureau…
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