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NewsPhysician groups fight early pay-for-performance plan
Despite objections from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing an early launch of Read more...
Doctor groups challenge Florida gun gag rule
In the highly contentious battle, Florida chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Physicians filed a federal lawsuit Read more...
Docs offer payment reform ideas to Congressional committee
Major trade groups representing physicians nationwide made presentations to a House subcommittee on Thursday with their suggestions for fixing the current Sustainable Growth System rate for Medicare Read more...
Physician group pressures CMS to demand changes in pay panel
Looks like CMS had already been getting pressure to revamp the system that relies on a secret panel of doctors to help set the values of codes in the Medicare physician fee schedule. In a letter Read more...
Texas Tech offers cheaper three-year med school to address physician shortage
Texas Tech University believes it has the solution to the nation's continuing primary-care physician shortage problem: a less costly three-year degree program with incentives. The Lubbock-based Read more...
Missouri Blue plan kicks off medical home pilot
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Mo., has partnered with a subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians to launch a medical home pilot. The Blue plan is rolling out the pilot to Read more...
What good is healthcare reform without enough doctors?
There appears to be one significant gap that the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill doesn't address: The shortage of doctors. The American Academy of Family Physicians predicts that Read more...
Study: Medical groups seeing fewer patients during recession
A new study concludes that family physicians are seeing fewer patients--often because patients have canceled appointments or put off preventative care--actions doctors see as results of the Read more...
UnitedHealth tests medical home model in AZ
Joining a fast-growing trend, health plan operator UnitedHealth Group is partnering with medical groups in Arizona to test the "medical home" model of patient care. All told, 26 physicians will offer Read more...
Case study: NY health plan, group test 'medical home' model
While there's much discussion of the "medical home" model at industry meet-ups, few health plans have gotten to the point where they're actually putting their money where their mouth is. Albany, Read more...
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