"A pilot project from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will funnel extra cash to primary care practices from both the federal government and private insurers."
"We compare the association between barriers to timely primary care and emergency department (ED) utilization among adults with Medicaid versus private insurance."
"Twice as many people insured by Medicaid as by private insurance report barriers to primary care and Medicaid patients are twice as likely to visit the emergency department as their privately insured counterparts, according to a study published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine."
"Scott Hammond is doing everything modern doctors are supposed to be doing. But now Dr. Hammond is wondering: Is this any way to keep a practice going? The lanky 59-year-old's Denver-area clinic has made significant upgrades over the past four years."
"Congress has deferred steep physician payment cuts under the Medicare program until 2013 but has left in place a pay formula that will slash physician rates by an estimated 32% next year."
"A federal survey of Medicare beneficiaries shows that slightly more patients are having difficulty finding new primary care physicians to care for them."
"Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke. This quiet reality, which is spreading nationwide, is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists."
"Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke. This quiet reality, which is spreading nationwide, is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists."
"After receiving a significant amount of feedback about the initial proposed rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) – along the lines of 1200 comments and hours of testimony in dozens of listening sessions – the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to make many concessions to the wishes of health care providers and potential ACOs."
