Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Fee Schedule for 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule…
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Fee Schedule for 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule... -
ACEP Releases Second Choosing Wisely List of Tests, Procedures Emergency Physicians Should Question
Five more recommendations to avoid unnecessary tests and procedures In October at ACEP14 in Chicago, ACEP released... -
Affordable Care Act from the Emergency Medicine Perspective
If anyone can communicate to a room full of emergency physicians the importance of the Affordable Care...
ACEP Releases Second Choosing Wisely List of Tests, Procedures Emergency Physicians Should Question
Five more recommendations to avoid unnecessary tests and procedures In October at ACEP14 in Chicago, ACEP released…
Affordable Care Act from the Emergency Medicine Perspective
If anyone can communicate to a room full of emergency physicians the importance of the Affordable Care…
Blood Culture Testing: Send Samples Selectively to Lower Costs, Medico-Legal Risk
Your last patient on a shift is a 55-year-old well-appearing woman with fever and cough in whom…
The Schizophrenic Attitude Toward Emergency Medicine
Balancing public demand for high-quality, low-cost health care in the ED Not a day goes by when…
Medical Claim Reimbursement Upheld for Auto-Related EMS Response, Trauma Care in Minnesota
Minnesota is a “no-fault” auto insurance state, providing that auto insurance policies include first-dollar medical coverage, up…
7 Best Practices to Reduce Emergency Department Misuse
After a three-year saga of flawed public policy, difficult politics, and dangerous regulations, Washington Chapter ACEP is…
Hospitals’ Move to Homegrown Health Insurance Plans Could Promote Quality, Efficiency in Emergency Departments
Recent press reports have highlighted growing interest on the part of hospitals and health care systems in…
Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…
Decreased Public Mental Health Spending Raises Concerns over Psychiatric Patient Boarding
The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on…