As this issue of Urology Times went to press, passage of major health care reform legislation-on which AUA and other health care groups had devoted considerable time, energy, and resources-was in jeopardy.
So as this issue of Urology Times went to press, passage of major health care reform legislation-on which AUA and other health care groups had devoted considerable time, energy, and resources-was in jeopardy.
Also unclear was whether, or how, Congress would step in to prevent the 21.2% Medicare physician pay cut, scheduled for March 1, from being implemented.
Pay-as-you-go reprieve?
The good news for physicians, however, is that the Senate's bill would allow Congress to spend up to $82 billion more on physician payments without offsetting that spending. While it's not enough to cover the complete cost of overhauling the payment system, it could be enough for some form of shorter-term fix.
Although physician groups are talking tough and saying they "won't accept" a short-term solution, clearly that would be better than having to accept a whopping 21.2% average fee cut in one fell swoop.
Prior paid malpractice claims linked to increased risk of future claims
February 22nd 2023Based on 5- and 10-year study periods, physicians with single or multiple paid medical malpractice claims “were shown to have a greatly elevated risk of having additional paid claims during a future period,” the authors wrote.
Surprise billing regulation stuns providers, rejects congressional intent
November 17th 2021"The AACU joined 1 effort calling for the administration to remove the directive that arbiters anchor their determination to the qualifying payment amount, and instead let them consider all allowable information submitted by the parties to support their offer," says Ross E. Weber of the AACU.