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Projected heart disease care costs to triple by 2030
Costs related to lost productivity also expected to increase substantially. Read full article.Estimated cost of obesity is $300 billion per year
Excess medical care, estimated at $127 billion, is the largest part of this annual cost. Read full article. |
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This month we would like to know...
Does your practice use social media (blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc) as a marketing tool?
Yes
No
We plan on using social media in 2011
December Web poll results...
Is your practice planning to hire new clinical or front office staff in the new year?
Clinical:
6%
Front office:
20%
No:
70%
Undecided:
4%
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AAFP: CMS needs to place higher value on primary care services
The majority of family physicians will qualify to receive bonuses through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Primary Care Incentive Program (PCIP). Nevertheless, CMS is coming under harsh criticism from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for not doing more to ensure that primary care doctors are appropriately valued and reimbursed for their work. Read full article. |
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U.S. medical liability system requires reform
Approximately 61% of physicians aged 55 and older have been sued at some point in their careers. Similarly, an average of 95 medical liability claims are filed for every 100 physicians—almost one per physician, according to the study, Medical Liability Claim Frequency: A 2007-2008 Snapshot of Physicians. Read full article.
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Make room for more Medicaid, CHIP patients
Thanks to greater federal funding and loosened state eligibility requirements, the number of patients receiving healthcare coverage through Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has grown in recent years, according to a study released recently by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) and the growth is expected to continue as healthcare reform is implemented. Read full article.
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