The Washington Watchline Archive
DECEMBER, 2011 - Medicare Program: Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units for CY 2012
NOVEMBER, 2011 - MedPac’s New Principle of Shared Sacrifice
OCTOBER, 2011 - The Value Based Purchasing System Physician Performance Scores: Benchmarking and Public Reporting
SEPTEMBER, 2011 - The 2012 Medicare Physicians Fee Schedule: New Requirements for Physicians
AUGUST, 2011 - PROPOSED MEDICARE RULES 2012
JULY, 2011 - MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION'S JUNE 2011 REPORT TO CONGRESS: MEDICARE AND THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
JUNE, 2011 - The Impact of the Hospital Re-admissions Reduction Program on Physicians
MAY, 2011 - The Shared Savings Program; From Physician Independence to Employment
APRIL, 2011 - NAMDRC Develops 2011 Advocacy Goals
MARCH, 2011 - Portable Sleep Testing
FEBRUARY, 2011 - THE 112th CONGRESS: THE FIRST 25 DAYS
JANUARY, 2011 - The 11th Congress: SGR - Someone Should Do Something! And Addressing Medicare Won’t Be Easy, Either.
DECEMBER, 2010 - The 2011 Physician Fee Schedule
NOVEMBER, 2010 - Accountable Care Organizations: Transitioning from Independent Physician Practice to Interdependent Relationships
OCTOBER, 2010 - Comparative Effectiveness Research
SEPTEMBER, 2010 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services (HCPCS CODE G0424) in the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
AUGUST, 2010 - CMS Publishes Rules for Physician Incentives (and Compliance) with Electronic Health Record Requirements
JULY, 2010 - The Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2011
JUNE, 2010 - Health Care Reform - A Crystal Ball Look
MAY, 2010 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Pulmonary Medicine
APRIL, 2010 - MedPak Report
MARCH, 2010 - Waste, Fraud and Abuse!
FEBRUARY, 2010 - NONE
JANUARY, 2010 - Value Based Purchasing is on the Way
DECEMBER, 2009 - Elimination of Consultation Codes and the impact on coding/billing affecting your practice
NOVEMBER, 2009 - CMS Issues Rules on Pulmonary Rehab & Elimination of Consults
OCTOBER, 2009 - Health Reform Advances
SEPTEMBER, 2009 - Last Health Reform 'Shoe' Dropping
AUGUST, 2009 - Congress Leaves Town and Leaves Health Reform Hanging
JULY, 2009 - Medicare Issues Major Regulatory Proposals
JUNE, 2009 - Making (Some) Sense of Health Reform
MAY, 2009 - Health Reform 'Story' Continues to Unfold
APRIL, 2009 - National Health Reform: The Waiting Game
MARCH, 2009 - Health Reform A-Coming
FEBRUARY, 2009 - Stimulus Bill Includes Physician Provisions
JANUARY, 2009 - CBO Submits Budget Options Report to Congress