Emergency Department Visits Increasing, ACEP Poll Shows
Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a new poll [PDF]….
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Emergency Department Visits Increasing, ACEP Poll Shows
Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a new poll [PDF].... -
Meet PQRS Goals with the Measure Applicability Validation Process
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all eligible professionals (EPs) to successfully report on... -
Medicaid Access Improves When Physician Pay Increases
Increasing Medicaid payments leads to better physician access for patients enrolled in Medicaid, according to a study...
Meet PQRS Goals with the Measure Applicability Validation Process
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all eligible professionals (EPs) to successfully report on…
Medicaid Access Improves When Physician Pay Increases
Increasing Medicaid payments leads to better physician access for patients enrolled in Medicaid, according to a study…
Congress Repeals the SGR
After 17 temporary fixes and years of tireless efforts on the part of many of ACEP members,…
Top Billing Doctors Receive Medicare Reimbursements for Unnecessary Procedures
The physicians who receive the most in Medicare payments are often surgeons who perform possibly unnecessary procedures…
Medicaid Expansion to Continue in Arkansas
New Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson’s push to maintain the private option approach to Medicaid expansion championed…
House Passes SGR Reform Bill, Senate Leaders Will Take Up the Issue in April
Facing yet another Medicare payment cut of more than 20 percent beginning April 1, on March 26,…
Geriatric ED Boot Camp Offers Collaborative Onsite Educational Outreach Pilot
Are you aware that the Institute of Medicine estimates that health care systems require, on average, 17…
Study Finds Nationwide Decline in One Type of Heart Attack
A new study in the American Journal of Cardiology shows a dramatic drop in ST-elevation myocardial infarction…
Oregon Governor and Emergency Physician John Kitzhaber Resigns
Oregon’s longest serving governor, John Kitzhaber, MD, resigned on Feb. 18, 2015, due to investigations into whether…
