In a move seemingly designed to attract a minimum of attention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule on July…
Read more ›New Study Shows Texts May Help Patients With Diabetes
Findings from the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute show that mobile devices may improve the link between healthcare professionals and low-income populations suffering from chronic illness. Athena Philis-Tsimikas…
Read more ›Four Major Forces Changing Healthcare Today
The magnitude of change in healthcare is apparent to all of us. I was impressed with this article, “4 Tectonic Shifts Shaking Up Healthcare”. Change can be scary and can…
Read more ›Begin Preparing for the Transition to ICD-10
CMS postponed adoption of ICD-10 for one more year, to October 1, 2015, in part because a number of physicians reported that they would not be ready in 2014. To…
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