31 01, 2018

January 31, 2018 | Today’s News

By |2018-02-01T18:42:39-05:00January 31st, 2018|Top Stories|

  Today's Top Story President Trump addresses healthcare issues in speech to Congress An article in HealthLeaders Media looks at healthcare-related issues in the wake of President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress. Among other things, Mr. Trump stated that reducing the price of prescription drugs is one of his "greatest priorities," and urged the U.S. Congress to consider enacting so-called "right to try" legislation—a policy under which terminally ill patients would be granted [...]

29 01, 2018

January 29, 2018 | Today’s News

By |2018-02-01T18:41:29-05:00January 29th, 2018|Top Stories|

  Today's Top Story CMS to work with providers and other agencies to address Stark Law issues According to HealthLeaders Media, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering the formation of an interagency task force to review the federal Stark Laws. The Stark Laws prohibit referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to another health services entity if the physician or an immediate family member has a financial relationship with that [...]

27 01, 2018

Week in the Know | January 27, 2018

By |2018-01-29T17:43:52-05:00January 27th, 2018|Legislation|

West Virginia State Government "Week in the Know" January 27, 2018     The 2018 Legislative Session     Statement from Justice: ‘Please stop the rumors’ about health “I’ve had no recent doctors’ appointments but the last time I did they told me I’m in wonderful health, except for being a little chunky, and that I have incredible stamina,” Gov. Jim Justice stated in the release.   Leaked Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Put Onus on States The Trump [...]

26 01, 2018

January 26, 2018 | Today’s News

By |2018-01-29T17:46:49-05:00January 26th, 2018|Top Stories|

  Today's Top Story AMA reports examine state of medical liability in the United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has released three trend reports examining the issue of medical liability. The first report analyzes medical liability claims frequency and finds that 34 percent of physicians have had a medical liability claim filed against them and 49.2 percent of physicians aged 55 years and older have been sued. The second report examines indemnity payments, expenses, and claim disposition [...]

24 01, 2018

January 24, 2018 | Today’s News

By |2018-01-26T17:53:08-05:00January 24th, 2018|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Deal to end government shutdown includes 6 years of CHIP authorization; delays to medical device and "Cadillac" taxes HealthLeaders Media reports that a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded through Feb. 8, 2018, reauthorizes the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for 6 years and delays for 2 years implementation of a medical device tax and a so-called "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health insurance. The resolution was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed [...]

23 01, 2018

CMS Announces New BPCI Advanced Model, Good Samaritan Legislation Moves, and State Orthopaedic Societies Work on CON Laws

By |2018-01-26T17:51:17-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Legislation|

CMS Announces New BPCI Advanced Model, Good Samaritan Legislation Moves, and State Orthopaedic Societies Work on CON Laws For questions or concerns on these or other advocacy issues, contact us at dc@aaos.org. CMS Announces BPCI Advanced Model On January 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary bundled payment model that will qualify as an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (Advanced APM) under the Quality Payment Program. This new model, called “Bundled Payments for [...]

22 01, 2018

Josh Tuck Scholarship Applications Now Open

By |2018-01-22T17:52:19-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Top Stories|

The West Virginia Association of Orthopaedic Executives (WVAOE) has established the Joshua Tuck Scholarship to help support a student studying healthcare management. At the time of his death in 2017, Josh was the practice manager for the Charleston Area Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; in addition, he was vice president of WVAOE. The Joshua Tuck Scholarship is being created specifically to reward the outstanding scholastic achievements of high school seniors who plan to enter the healthcare management [...]

22 01, 2018

January 22, 2018 | Today’s News

By |2018-01-26T17:34:25-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Studies suggest shortening initial opioid prescriptions may reduce misuse Two new studies examine the issue of opioid prescribing as it relates to likelihood of continued opioid use. The first, published online in the journal The BMJ, suggests that prescription duration may be more strongly associated than dosage with opioid misuse in the early postsurgical period. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of 568,612 opioid-naïve patients who received postoperative opioids. They found that total duration [...]

19 01, 2018

Week in the Know | January 19, 2018

By |2018-01-19T22:30:40-05:00January 19th, 2018|Legislation|

West Virginia State Government "Week in the Know" January 5, 2018     The 2018 Legislative Session     Armstead says he won’t run for House again; may run for state Supreme Court House Speaker Tim Armstead says he will not run again for election to the House of Delegates, saying he is considering a state Supreme Court run in 2020.     The Governor   WV Gov. Justice issues moratorium on new state regulations The “regulatory moratorium,” [...]

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