11 10, 2017

October 11, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-14T19:06:37-04:00October 11th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Landscape may be shifting on off-label promotion. An article in The Washington Post outlines efforts to lift restrictions on off-label marketing of pharmaceuticals. The writer notes that the state of Arizona recently enacted a law allowing manufacturers to share with providers certain information regarding off-label uses of drugs and medical devices, and in two recent court cases, federal district courts ruled that the First Amendment does not allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]

9 10, 2017

October 9, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-11T15:11:25-04:00October 9th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story MedPAC projects MIPS will not meet goals; proposes alternative approach. In a public meeting of the U.S. Medicare Payment Advisory Council (MedPAC), representatives of the advisory agency argued that the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is too complex and places a significant burden on physicians. Among other things, the presenters noted the following: Most MIPS measures are not associated with high-value care. MIPS is structured to maximize clinician scores, leading to score compression and limited [...]

6 10, 2017

October 6, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-09T21:40:25-04:00October 6th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story House bill could ease compliance rules for meaningful use. Modern Healthcare reports that the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce has approved a bill (H.R.3120) that, if enacted, could make meaningful use compliance easier for providers. Currently, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is required to make meaningful use requirements more stringent over time. Under the proposal, the secretary would be granted more discretion to adjust meaningful [...]

4 10, 2017

October 4, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-09T21:36:42-04:00October 4th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story CMS withdraws proposed prosthetics and orthotics rule. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially withdrawn a proposed rule that would have revised the standards for qualifications that providers and suppliers must meet in order to furnish, fabricate, or bill for prosthetics and custom-fabricated orthotics under the Medicare program. The agency states that the proposed rule is being withdrawn due to the cost and time burdens it would create and the complexity [...]

3 10, 2017

Congress Talks Health Information Technology, Stark Reform, and More

By |2017-10-09T21:42:04-04:00October 3rd, 2017|Legislation|

Congress Talks Health Information Technology, Stark Reform, and More For questions or concerns on these or other advocacy issues, contact the Office of Government Relations at dc@aaos.org. Legislation Introduced to Address EHRs, HIT Earlier this summer, Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Pat Tiberi (R-OH), and Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced legislation focused on reducing the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests by eliminating language that requires increasingly stringent measures of meaningful use over time. [...]

2 10, 2017

October 2, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-09T21:33:05-04:00October 2nd, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Study: Medical licensure questions may discourage physicians from seeking mental health support. Findings from a study published in the October issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that potential repercussions to medical licensure may discourage some physicians from seeking help for a mental health condition. The authors obtained data on care-seeking attitudes for a mental health problem from a nationally representative sample of 5,829 physicians. Of those, 2,325 (39.9 percent) stated that they would [...]

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