Delay for Stage 2 Meaningful Use?
An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying Stage 2 by one year, until 2014, as an option to give vendors and healthcare providers more time to update and roll out more advanced technology.
US Nephrologists Are in Short Supply
Despite the increasing prevalence of kidney disease, every year fewer US medical graduates choose nephrology as a career, according to a review reported online May 5 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Insurance Benefits for Exercise Programs Can Cut Health Costs, UF Institute on Aging Director Says
An editorial published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association says research supports consideration of a wider policy of reimbursing for structured exercise programs, particularly in high-risk groups, such as diabetics.
Rule Would Discourage States’ Cutting Medicaid Payments to Providers
In a new effort to increase access to health care for poor people, the Obama administration is proposing a rule that would make it much more difficult for states to cut Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals, the New York Times reports. The rule could also put pressure on some states to increase Medicaid payment rates.
Medical Societies Weigh in on Permanent Fix to Medicare Reimbursement
At a House subcommittee meeting Thursday, medical societies weighed in on how to fix the much-maligned Medicare physician payment formula.
Many Dialysis Patients Short on ‘Health Literacy’
About one in six kidney dialysis patients in the United States doesn’t understand health information that’s important for their well-being, a new study says.
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