She’s one of the smartest people I have ever met. I would even argue that she might be an even bigger champion of the independent physician than I am. Jeanne Chamberlin accidentally walked into my professional life at a dry cleaners in Chapel Hill … still the best errand I’ve run to date. Jeanne joined […]
When I graduated from Duke with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy, one of my professors advised me that the best way to ensure a challenging and rewarding career was to work in a policy area that was always changing. It appears I chose well, as it’s hard to think of another industry that changes […]
Access to wellness is far from equal, varying based on where you live, what you earn, and the color of your skin. One population that modern healthcare has been failing is black men, who have an elevated risk of developing high blood pressure, which can cause strokes and heart attacks. Roughly half of Americans with high […]
Today we remember our dear friend and coworker, Emily Bearden, as we give back to the Durham Rescue Mission. Emily was a former employee at MSOC Health, and it’s the 10th anniversary since she passed in 2007. MSOC sponsored both the men’s and women’s divisions of the Durham Rescue Mission. November 15 was her birthday, […]
CMS has deemed 2017 a transitional year for MACRA compliance, allowing a “Pick Your Pace” program that includes testing and partial participation options. This flexibility will likely disappear completely in 2018 though, and anything less than full participation may result in practices receiving up to a four percent negative payment adjustment on 2020’s Medicare Part […]
So-called “micro-hospitals”–acute care facilities with six to 10 beds–could actually prove to be big moneymakers for healthcare systems. The Indianapolis Business Journal has reported that such hospitals can allow healthcare systems to bypass site neutrality rules that prohibit billing at inpatient rates if a facility is located more than 250 feet from an acute care […]
The MIPS program combines parts of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the Value Modifier (VM or Value-Based Payment Modifier), and the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive program into one single program. In the near future, providers will be measured on quality, resource use, clinical practice improvement, and meaningful use of certified EHR technology. How this is all going to work […]
A new animated video on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker provides an engaging “check-up” of the nation’s health system, addressing questions of whether it’s getting better or worse and how it compares to other countries. Health of the Healthcare System, produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, draws on the most up-to-date, reliable data to offer an […]
