HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 12 - Accountable Care Organizations must be physician-led, patient-centric, and ensure voluntary participation from patients and physicians, including independent practitioners, under the American Medical Association's principles for ACOs.
“The AMA is committed to ensuring physicians in all practice sizes can lead and participate successfully in new...
The New York Times | November 9 - With health care costs climbing even higher during this enrollment season, more employers are adopting a tiered system to pass on the bulk of those costs to their employees by assigning bigger contributions to workers in top...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 10 - Cuts in Medicare reimbursements can significantly reduce unnecessary care, according to a study conducted by university researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Study authors from the University of Michigan, University of Florida and University of Texas Medical Branch in...
Los Angeles Times | November 8 - Fewer doctors report accepting drug samples, gifts, meals and all-expenses-paid trips from drug companies, according to a new study published Monday that comes amid mounting concerns over the potential for conflicts of interest in medical practice.
Still, arrangements between...
The Wall Street Journal | November 8 - Several Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Monday to overturn an Internal Revenue Service requirement that medical residents pay Social Security taxes.
Arguing before the court on behalf of the Mayo Clinic, lawyer Theodore B. Olson urged the court to...
