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2013 NEWS ALERTS

 

   
May 1

Manchikanti and Hirsch Published in Harvard Health Policy Review; FDA Updates OxyContin Label, Blocks Generics; When Your M.D. Is an Algorithm; read more…

April 17

Manchikanti and Hirsch Published in Harvard Health Policy Review; Affordable Care Act Enrollment Right around the Corner; FDA Updates OxyContin Label, Blocks Generics; read more…

April 10

Some fear EHR meaningful use is too much, too soon for doctors; 10 Essential Elements for Excellence in ASC Infection Control Programs; Doctors driven to bankruptcy; read more…

April 3

 

Medicare Advantage Insurers Win Round; CMS Changes Course, Will Raise 2014 Medicare Advantage Payments; Image Sharing Seeks to Reduce Repeat Scans; read more…

March 20

The End of Fee-for-Service in 5 Years?; EHR User Satisfaction Decreasing, According to Study; Risk of Deadly TB Exposure Grows Along U.S.-Mexico Border; read more…

March 6

FDA Warns Against Codeine for Children; BCBSNC Kicks Off Orthopedic Bundles; Billions in Extra Cash Fail to Stop Rot in NHS; read more…

February 20

ASIPP Member Defends ASIPP Guidelines; Opioid Overdose Deaths Topped 16,000 in 2010; Should States Opt Out of the Health Law's Medicaid Expansion?; read more…

February 6

New HIPAA Requirements Complicate Compliance; 2013 Final Fee Schedules and Coding Updates: Physician Reimbursement Dropped Sharply; read more…

January 2, 2013

Doctor Pay Freeze Until 2014 - 26.5% Cut Averted; 2% Sequester Postponed 2 Months; ASIPP Asks CMS to take Epidural Injections off NCD List; Dirty Needles Put Tens of Thousands at Risk in USA; read more…

   
   
2012 NEWS ALERTS  
Dec. 19

Upton Prepares 'Doc Fix' Package in Case Broader Deal Falls Apart; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad ObamaCare; More Predictions of Rate Shock Because of the New Health Law; read more…

Dec. 5

National Coverage Decision: A Real Cliff for IPM; Additional Contamination Identified in Medical Products from NECC; Insurers Must Guide Individual Market in 2014; read more…

Nov. 21

Update: Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis; CMS Issues Final Rule for 2013 Physician Reimbursement; Why Healthcare Costs Trillions Less in Canada; read more…

Oct. 31

Why Doctors Prescribe Opioids to Known Abusers; Second Mass. Compounding Pharmacy Surrenders License; Opinion: Advertising the Truth about Who's a Physician; read more…

Oct. 24

CDC Responds to Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak; State Alleged Problems With Pharmacy in '02; Survey: Potential Medicare cuts to affect physician EHR adoption; read more…

Oct. 17

The Latest: Drug Recall Information for Meningitis Multi-State Outbreak; Lawmakers Urge Probe, Hearings in Wake of Meningitis Outbreak; Positive News on Positive News on the CRNA Saga; read more…

Oct. 10

The Latest: Drug Recall Information for Meningitis Multi-State Outbreak; The CRNA Saga Continues; Effectiveness Research Slow to Change Practice; read more…

Oct. 3

Wall Street Journal Publishes Article on CRNAs in IPM: Nurses Seek Expanded Role; Multi-State Outbreak of Meningitis Following Epidural Injections; CCI 4th Quarter Updates Now Available:  Read more...

Oct. 1 Meningitis Following a Multi-State Outbreak of Epidural Injections; read more...
Sept. 26

Prescription Drug Abuse Contributes to Decreasing Life Expectancy among Less Educated Whites in US; Ky. Part of National Prescription Drug Initiatives; Prescription pain pill epidemic plows path to street drugs; read more…

Sept. 19

Articles Address Health Care Issues Relating to IPM; MedPAC Calls for Mandatory ASC Cost Reporting; More Docs Hope to Call D.C. Home; AMA Releases 2013 CPT Code Set ; read more…

Sept. 12 Medicare Region C Recovery Auditor to Begin Audits; Will U.S. Physicians be Forced to 'Heel' by Executive Order?; New FDA Device Helps ID Fake Drugs; read more…
Sept. 5

Unsupervised Anesthesia Care by a Nurse Anesthetist is a Threat to Patient Safety; Doctors Say Methadone Too Risky for Pain Management; Drug Shortage Dilemma: Trying New Tactics in a Tough Arena; read more…

August 29

Medicare Pay: Budget Sequester Adds to Annual Payment Rate Woes; ASCs and Physicians Face Potential Payment Cuts in January 2013; Same Doctor Visit, Double the Cost; read more…

August 22

CMS Proposes IPM Privileges for CRNAs: Time to Act Now or Never; Federal Court Dismisses Stark Law Challenge; Health Care Costs and the Affordable Care Act; read more…

August 15

CMS Proposes IPM Privileges for CRNAs: Time to Act Now; E-prescribing Up, But Progress by States is Uneven; Ambiguity in Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many; read more…

August 8

CMS Proposes IPM Privileges for CRNAs: Time to Act Now or Never!; Colorado Court Rules Nurse Anesthetists Don't Need Physician Supervision; Ruling on Contributory Liability Defense Could Expose Physicians to More Lawsuits; read more…

August 1

Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Making its Mark Just Days After Going into Effect, KY Officials Say; AMA Pushes for More Useful Explanations of Physician Performance Data and Methodology; read more…

July 25

Is the FDA to Blame for Drug Shortages?; Health Information Exchanges to Combine Analytics, 'Actionable' Data: IDC; read more…

July 18

ASIPP Releases Opioid Guidelines; Unlimited Practice Privileges for CRNAs: The Fight Continues to Brew; CMS Releases Proposed Policy and Payment Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; read more…

July 11

Unlimited Practice Privileges for CRNAs: The Fight Continues; CMS Releases Proposed Policy and Payment Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; read more…

July 5

What's Next for Physicians after Affordable Care Act Ruling; Congress OKs Plan to Combat Drug Shortages; ASIPP Releases Opioid Guidelines; read more…

June 27

Four Likely Outcomes of the Supreme Court's ACA Ruling; California Court Allows Unsupervised Nurse Anesthetists to Administer Anesthesia; Economists See Health Spending Bouncing Back; read more…

June 20

Health Care’s Big Four Issues: What the Justices are Tracking; Some States Too Small to Succeed with Health Exchanges; Healthcare Prices up 0.2%; read more….

June 14

Medicare limits coverage of TENS for low back pain; Two insurers will keep ACA Provisions; Early Sunshine Laws show little effect on prescribing; read more...

June 6

Multiple regulations in Tennessee; Missouri pain bill still awaiting governor’s signature; Medical boards get more tools to investigate physicians; read more…

May 30

Most doctors headed for penalty over Medicare quality reporting; The Medicaid money trail?; Proposed changes to psychiatric manual could impact addiction diagnosis; read more…

May 23

As Maryland goes full stream ahead on health reform law, Virginia takes pragmatic path; Drug makers pledge transparency to tackle credibility problem in journals; SB 682 Pages MO legislature; Headed to governor for signature; read more…

May 16

Join the fight on single dose vial policy; Senate panel investigates drug companies’ ties to pain groups; Medicaid reimbursements rate hike proposed; read more…

May 9

Senate Investigating 10 Professional Organizations and Pharmaceutical Companies; Opinion: A Gathering Storm of Federal Regulations; Medicare Modifies Ordering, Referring Rules for Physicians; read more

May 2

Physicians fight unworkable Medicare overpayment rule; Dire Medicare outlook assumes deep physician pay cuts; DEA diversion investigation leads to $500K settlement in Internet pharmacy case; read more…

April 25

Medicare Trustees Forecast Bleak Future for Program; More Physicians Calling the Shots in latest Round of ACOs; CMS May Bump Cervical Spine Arthroplasty form “Inpatient Only” List; read more…

April 18

CMS rules contribute to drug shortages, hospital pharmacists say; End-of-Life Care: Pain Control Carries Risk of Being Called a Killer; read more…

April 11 DEA Hikes Registration Fees For Controlled Substance Prescriptions ; Physicians Groups Want Calif. SC to Review Anesthetists Case; ICD-10 Deadline Delayed 1 Year Under HHS Proposal: read more…
April 4

Health System Reform: Abstract Debate Inside Supreme Court As Protest Signs Dominate Outside; House Passes IPAB Repeal, Medical Liability Reform Bill; read more…

March 28

ASIPP Works on Pill Mill Bill in KY: Kentucky Joins Program to Share Prescription Drug Data and Adds Pain Management Doctor to Medical Board; Pharma Scales Back Drug Samples to Physician Offices; read more…

March 21

Get Connected with ASIPP through our Social Media; Release of Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Pain Management Services Expected; U.S. Supreme Court Deals Blow to Biotech Companies; read more…

March 14

CMS Deletes Nerve Block Edits in Response to ASIPP Letter; Panel to Examine Doc Pay Issues; FDA Panel Says ‘Yes’ to Pain Drug Studies; read more….

March 7

House Committee Approves IPAB Repeal; MO Law Prohibiting CRNAs from Practicing IPM Passed in Committee; ABMS Establishes Time Limits for Attaining Board Certification; read more…

February 29

2012 Payroll Tax/SGR bill: what it means for physicians and ASCs; KY legislators propose drug bill; How prescription drug abuse costs you money; read more…

February 22

CMS will re-examine ICD-10 timeline; Deal near on SGR fix; Ne evidence points to a “profits over efficacy” approach to drug testing: read more…

February 15

CMS Will Re-Examine ICD-10 Timeline; Deal Near on SGR Fix; More Than Four Life Sentences for Dr. Paul Volkman: Illegally Prescribed Drugs Resulting in Four Deaths; read more…

February 8

Washington Watch: SGR Action Starts Up Again; Unspent War Funds Eyed to Avoid Medicare Physician Pay Cuts; Oxycodone Orders by Pharmacies 20 Times Average; read more…

February 1

Bill to Reduce Regulatory Burdens and Provide Better Medical Care for Patients Introduced in US House of Representatives; 'Guest Authors' Could Face Legal Trouble; FDA and Industry Reach Agreement in Principle on Medical Device User Fees; read more…

January 25

Critical Shortage of Essential Drugs Due to Single Dose Vial Policy; Spending Growth on Physician Services Record Low; Bristol-Myers Warning Ignored on Steroid Shots Tied to Deaths; read more…

January 18

Medicare Intensifying Documentation Reviews before Payment; CMS Corrects 2012 Medicare Rates; Small Medical Practices Greatly at Risk for Data Breaches; read more…

January 11

A Look Back at the Big Stories of 2011; 1st Quarter NCCI Edits; Consumers Warned about Possible Drug Mix-up; HHS Publishes New Medicaid Quality Measures; read more…

January 4

Only 22% of Payors Fully Ready to Support ICD-10; Doctors Have to Manage Smartphone Distractions; Commentary Rx Drug Database is Worth Sparing; read more…

   
2011 ALERTS  
December 28

New Powerful Painkiller Concerns Experts; Health Care Future Bright for Nurses, Dark for Docs; Epidurals Linked to Paralysis Cloud Pain Market; read more…

December 21

Congressional Deadlock Leaves Medicare 27.4% Pay Cut in Place -- For Now; What's To Become of the 'Doc Fix'?; Five Reasons Your Doctor Hates ObamaCare; Dates Set for Supreme Court Health Care Reform Arguments; read more…

December 14

HHS Audits the 1% and the Rest: First HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits Begin;

Survey: Doctors Have Mixed Feelings about Health Law; Rx Drug Fraud Move Part of HHS Plan to Cut Costs; Payroll Tax Holiday Act: Bad Politics, Bad Policy; read more…

December 7

Judge rules Iowa nurses not train to oversee fluoroscopy; CMS tightening up on unnecessary procedures in Florida and 10 other states; Back and arthritis pain drugs top sales in chronic therapies market; read more…

November 30

3% tax withholding on Medicare pay repealed; Misuse of Carisoprodol doubles over five years, study shows; Sharp fall in print media use accounts for most of decline; read more…

November 23 Health Care Drowning in Regulatory Burdens; Is There a Doctor Fix in the House and Senate; When is Too Much Information Too Much?; read more…
November 16

FDA Releases Draft of Opioid Continuing Education; Delegates Approve New Scope of Practice Policies; AMA Adopts Policy to Stop ICD-10 Implementation; read more…

November 9

CMS Releases Final Rates; The Impact of Health care Reform on IPM; CDC Issues Report on Prescription Opioid Overdoses: read more…

November 2

Published Trial Finds Caudal Epidural Injections to Be Effective; CMS Adopts Policy and Payment Changes for Outpatient Care in Hospitals and ASCs; read more…

October 26

CPT Coding Changes Announced; CMS Releases Dramatically Revised final ACO Regulations; read more…

Oct. 19

2012 CPT Coding Changes Announced; HHS Sec. Sebelius Announces Drop of CLASS Act; Lawsuit Filed to Block Illegal Denials of Services to Medicare Patients with Chronic Illness; read more…

Oct. 12

Obama Gambles on Health Reform Before Supreme Court; OIG to Compare Surgery Center Payment Rates; read more…

Oct. 5

Lawmakers Refereeing ‘Turf Battle’ over Interventional Pain Management Care; Fourth Quarter CCI Updates Released; Medicare Patients Abusing, Selling Rx Drugs, GAO Says; read more…

Sept. 28

Mistakes in Scientific Studies Surge; GA Doctors Develop Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Program; Advisory Panel Proposes Medicare Physician Pay Cuts; read more…

Sept. 21

ASIPP Requests CIGNA Coverage of Interventional Techniques; MedPAC Discusses SGR Repeal Recommendations; Proposed Rule Requires Insurers to Explain Costs and Benefits; read more…

Sept. 14

5 ways to manage your online reputation; DEA moves to emergency control of synthetic stimulants; Hardship waivers: last chance to avoid Medicare E-Prescribing penalty; read more…

September 7

HHS Bolsters Scrutiny of Researchers’ Drug Industry Ties; CMS Announces 2011 Electronic Prescribing (ERX) Incentive Program Final Rule; Opinion: Doctors Will Remain a Target Until They Wake Up; read more…

August 31

Most Physicians Must Revalidate Medicare Enrollment by 2013; Most Doctors Will Face Lawsuits but Few Lose; read more…

August 24 Current and Future State of Pain Management: Q&A with Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti; Noridian re-releases CRNA Practice and Chronic Pain Management Coverage; CMS Testing Bundled Payments for Medicare; read more…
August 17

Price Gouging Spikes Drug Costs Up to 4500%; Physician Organizations Fight States’ Proposed Cutbacks to Medicaid; Doctors Sue HHS; CMS Over ‘Secretive’ Payment Committee; read more…

August 10

How Debt Deal Could Squeeze Medicare Pay More; Health System Reform Law Expected to Spark Spending Rebound: Georgia Doctors Sue CMS; read more…

August 3

Expert Witnesses on Trail; Average U.S. Health Spending to Rise 5.8 Percent Annually through 2020; U.S. Continues to Outspend other Nations on Healthcare; read more…

July 27, 2011

States May Get Substantial Power over Health Insurance Exchanges; Fewer Americans See Smoking as Risky Survey; Walter Reed Closing in September; read more…

July 20, 201

Quest for SGR Reform: Avoiding the Eleventh-hour Drama; Medicare Proposes a 50% Cut for Some Imaging Fees in 2012; Concierge Medicine Offers Hands-on Care at a Price; Read more…

July 13, 2011

Chronic pain costs U.S. $635 billion per year; Support grows for ASC bill; FDA declines to approve Remoxy; read more…

July 6, 2011

CMS announces 2012 proposed fee schedule; AMA finds insurers mishandle 1 in 5 claims; Doctors’ challenge: How real is that pain?; read more…

June 30, 2011

IOM Report Calls for Cultural Attitude Transformation toward Pain Prevention and Management; Appeals Court Upholds Health Care Laws Individual Mandate; read more…

June 22, 2011

Ohio Medical Board Regulating Pain Clinics; Weaning the Hill Off Medicare Formula; Medicare Claims Soon to Be Open for Data Mining; read more…

June 15, 2011

ASIPP Requests NCCI Policy Changes: CMS Agrees on Multiple Requests; Board of Directors Election Results; IOM report targets accuracy of Medicare regional payments; more

June 8, 2011

Medicare to offer more waivers from e-prescribing penalty; IOM report says flawed Medicare data lead to inaccurate payments; read more…

June 1, 2011

Study says industry supported CME offers potential for bias; Can an insurer settle a malpractice suit against your wishes?; Vermont governor signs health care law; read more…

May 25, 2011

Next steps on Medicare reform now; Medicaid physician pay swept up in battle over funding and access; Congress eyes new Medicare payment models; read more...

May 18, 2011

Prescription drug addiction addressed; AMA unveils SGR replacement plans; read more…

May 11, 2011

The real Medicare debate: Deciding who decides; Two more senators introduce bills to publish Medicare claims data; Coalition pushes for safe injection practices; read more…

May 5, 2011 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE PHYSICAIN TRAINING FOR PRESCRIBING ADDICTIVE PAIN KILLERS; read release
May 4, 2011

Adverse events: Ten times more; Rx side effects causing more hospitalizations; Electronic medical records: What your data can tell you; read more…

April 27, 2011

Tennessee State Bill SB 1935 Passes in Senate Committee; analysis of Opioid Prescription Practices Finds Areas of Concern; The Origin of Opioid Guidelines: Is it Science or Promotion of Opioids?; read more…

April 20, 2011

Obama administration releases plan to address national prescription drug abuse epidemic; CMS may require some doctors to get pre-authorization for imaging; read more…

April 13, 2011

UnitedHealth Subsidiary Buying Logistics Health; HHS Announces Nationwide Effort to Reduce Medical Errors; AMA Launches Coding App Designed for Doctors; read more…

April 6, 2011

Noridian Medicare: CRNAs Cannot Independently Practice Chronic Pain; Bill would Post Every Physician’s Medicare Billing Data on Internet; read more…

March 30, 2011

Washington State Approves Multiple Injections with the Exception of Therapeutic Facet Joint Injections; Ultrasound at $59,490 Spurs Aetna Outrage in Suit Naming Doctor; read more…

March 23, 2011

A Panel Decides Washington State’s Health Care Costs; MedPAC Calls for Small Pay Increas for Docs in 2012; read more…

March 16, 2011

Florida Senate Panel Strengthens Drug Monitoring; GAO Echoes Physician Concerns on EMR e-Prescribing Bonuses; $3 Billion Lawsuit Alleges Medicare Underpayment to Physicians; read more…

March 9, 2011

GAO reports $48B in Medicare fraud in 2010; In health law, Rx for trouble; HHS opens door to Medicaid eligibility cuts; Read more…

March 2, 2011

Medtronic Issues Clarifications on SynchroMed Infusion System Pocket Fill Recall; Study Finds Inconsistencies in Black Box Warnings; read more…

February 23, 2011

Obama Budget Would Delay Medicare Pay Cuts; Safety Alert: Urgent Medical Device Correction and Recall; read more…

February 16, 2011

Urgent Message for IPM Physicians in Washington State; NHS Shamed over Callous Treatment of Elderly; PT Providers Will See site Visits Under Anti-Fraud rule; read more…

February 9, 2011

Washington State Creates a Health Care Shadow Government: The Tragedy of Evidence-Based Medicine Results in Needless Pain; Chou and Manchikanti Respond to APS Guidelines Critique; read more…

February 8, 2011

The ability for physicians in Washington State to treat patients in the is at risk. The ISIS leadership has made us aware of a critical issue in the State of Washington and is asking for your help to preserve coverage for appropriately performed spinal injections. read more...

February 2, 2011

House Shifts to medical Liability Overhaul after Health Reform Vote; Senate to Vote on Health Law Repeal; Retired NFL Players More Likely to Take Painkillers; read more…

January 26, 2011

Patients Hit with Add-on Charges; Wall Street Journal Files to Open Medicare Database; read more…

January 19, 2011

MedPAC Recommends 1% Medicare Raise for 2012; Prescription Drug Containers May Get Simpler Labels; read more…

January 12, 2011

NCCI 1st Quarter Updates; Lawmakers Settle for Short-Term Spending Measure; Survey: 41 Percent of Mid-Sized Practices are Struggling; read more…

Jenuary 5, 2011

A New Year Gift: Congress Gives – Administration Takes it Back; New Imaging Disclosure Requirements Could mean Opportunity for Radiologists; Seven More Hospitals Settle in Kyphoplasty Fraud Case; Read more…

   
   
   
   
 
 

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