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As a broader tax break and social safety-net bill broke down in the Senate, the House last week cleared a stand-alone bill to reverse a deep cut in Medicare payments to physicians. The House voted 417

President Signs Physician Pay Bill, But Unhappiness Lingers By Jane Norman, CQ HealthBeat Associate Editor OCMA asks that you login and leave a comment about this article. After you log in, click

Patient flow, particularly initial patient access and cycle time, is crucial to community clinic practice efficiency and capacity, which in turn affects revenue and provider and patient satisfaction

  After several abandoned efforts last week to move a tax extension bill (HR 4213) that includes temporary relief from a Medicare physician payment cut, the Senate on Friday afternoon

On June 18, ONC released a final rule on a temporary program designed to help ONC approve organizations to test and certify electronic health records under the 2009 federal economic stimulus

The U.S. Senate passed HR 3962 by unanimous consent this afternoon, which stops the 21 percent cut and provides a 2.2 percent Medicare physician payment update for six months, from June 1 through

First, pharmaceutical spending represents a substantial share of total Medicare spending - more than 20%, on average - and it also varies substantially among hospital-referral regions, with the

In 2009, researchers at Johns Hopkins University surveyed almost 8,000 surgeons and found that approximately 40% were burned out in their jobs; studies of doctors working in primary care medicine

The Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy is awarded annually to an outstanding grantmaker whose leadership and thoughtful application of philanthropic resources have forged

WASHINGTON - In February 2009, as part of legislation to revive the economy, Congress provided tens of billions of dollars to help doctors and hospitals buy equipment to computerize patients' medical

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that he wants to restore a provision in the so-called "extenders" bill (HR 4213) that would provide nearly $24 billion in additional federal