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March 12, 2014

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Medicare to cut payments to physicians, while medical schools get boost in Obama’s 2015 budget

President Barack Obama is proposing increased funding for medical school programs for internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine in his 2015 budget proposal. But Medicare plans to cut payments to practicing physicians. » Full article

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Kareo - 3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Practice Revenue by 25%
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CMS to give physicians more flexibility to meet MU2, scale back MU3

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced changes to stage 2 and stage 3 of the Meaningful Use (MU) program designed to ease the burden on physicians already coping with a morass of regulations. » Full article

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Legal Notice
A new class action settlement with Baxter will provide payments to distributors and healthcare providers who purchased IG or albumin directly from Baxter or CSL. Click here for more information.

Clinical Perspectives: Can daily aspirin cut ovarian cancer risk?

A daily regimen of low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 20%, according to a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. » Full article

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A free ICD-10 first-aid kit packed with ideas, strategies
Your practice’s income is at risk if you don’t prepare your team for the ICD-10 conversion on Oct. 1, 2014. If you can’t submit claims using ICD-10, you simply won’t get paid. To help, Medical Economics has compiled ideas and management strategies to help physicians and healthcare team members in our ICD-10 Resource Center. Read More.

Primary care doctors struggle with impacts of ACA

A new survey of American physicians shows that the vast majority are struggling to engage their patients, cope with impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and deal with changing reimbursement models. » Full article

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