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RBRVS | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. October 12, 2013 · 4:09 am. The RUC is Bad Medicine: It Has To Go. 8/12/13 in Medscape Business of Medicine. RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis. 8220;One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA…It’s incredibly political, and it’s just human nature…the specialists that spend more money and have more time have a bigger impact.”. Continue reading →. October 12, 2013 · 3:58 am. 7/20/13 in T he Washington Post. Twelve colonosc...
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Core Background | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. The following 8 articles – they’re all very brief and very readable – have been posted for the reader who wants to quickly get a solid background on the RUC and the issues it has presented for primary care, the US health care system, and the larger US economy. 2/15/11 on Care and Cost. A few weeks ago, my writing partner David C. Kibbe and I ran an article on Kaiser Health News called Quit the RUC! That caused some turmoil within the physician community, particularly in DC. That pr...
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RBRVS | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. October 12, 2013 · 3:58 am. How a Secretive Panel Uses Data That Distort Doctors’ Pay. 7/20/13 in T he Washington Post. When Harinath Sheela was busiest at his gastroenterology clinic, it seemed he could bend the limits of time. I have experience, the Yale-trained, Orlando-based doctor said. I’m not that slow; I’m not fast. I’m thorough. But the AMA’s estimates of the time involved in many procedures are exaggerated, sometimes by as much as 100 percent, according to an analysis of ...
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Taking the Taxpayers for a Ride: The RUC - Your Paleo Healthcare
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Taking the Taxpayers for a Ride: The RUC. Basically, there’s a secret committee that sets the rates doctors can charge if they participate in Medicare. The government agrees to these payments, and the health insurance industry follows the pricing accepted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). A little public policy education. Additionally, the supplier must conduct business with integrity, fairness, and openness; while fulfilling other public policy objectives. What’s interesting is th...
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Health-Care-Renewal: April 2011
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An accomplished physician who read my post on CPOE. At Memorial Sloan Kettering causing medical errors and near misses, and lack of FD&C Act regulation of health IT medical devices, relates the following:. So I want to stop medications on a patient. The device only allows me to stop one at a time, and for each one, it requires me to type in a reason. Then, I get another pop up screen to enter my password. Six clicks and two manual entries to stop an aspirin. The doctors all put up with this. Still, this ...
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Health-Care-Renewal: February 2011
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More Hospitals Settle, But Not for Much. In late February, there have been several notable legal settlements made by more or less prominent hospitals, discussed in rough order of size. United Regional Health Care System. Per the Cypress Times. United Regional unlawfully used these contracts to maintain its monopoly for hospital services in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, causing consumers to pay higher prices for health care services. Here is more detail about the alleged offenses:. And its sh...
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RUC | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. October 12, 2013 · 4:09 am. The RUC is Bad Medicine: It Has To Go. 8/12/13 in Medscape Business of Medicine. RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis. 8220;One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA…It’s incredibly political, and it’s just human nature…the specialists that spend more money and have more time have a bigger impact.”. Continue reading →. October 12, 2013 · 3:58 am. 7/20/13 in T he Washington Post. Twelve colonosc...
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RUC | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. October 12, 2013 · 4:09 am. The RUC is Bad Medicine: It Has To Go. 8/12/13 in Medscape Business of Medicine. RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis. 8220;One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA…It’s incredibly political, and it’s just human nature…the specialists that spend more money and have more time have a bigger impact.”. Continue reading →. October 12, 2013 · 3:58 am. 7/20/13 in T he Washington Post. Twelve colonosc...
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Replace the RUC! | A National Educational Effort To Replace The Processes Most Responsible for the Health Care Cost Crisis | Page 2
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Key Articles Not Here. Newer posts →. January 19, 2013 · 1:45 pm. The Augusta Primary Care Physicians Lose Their Appeal. On January 7th, the 4th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals rejected Fischer et al’s appeal. The opinion gave their arguments short shrift and dismissing the case out of hand, with much discussion. As a practical matter, this exhausts the Augusta primary care physicians’ legal remedies to CMS’ and HHS’ sole source relationship with the AMA’s RUC. August 8, 2012 · 2:17 pm. Relative Value...
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AMA | Replace the RUC!
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Key Articles Not Here. October 12, 2013 · 4:09 am. The RUC is Bad Medicine: It Has To Go. 8/12/13 in Medscape Business of Medicine. RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis. 8220;One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA…It’s incredibly political, and it’s just human nature…the specialists that spend more money and have more time have a bigger impact.”. Continue reading →. October 12, 2013 · 3:58 am. 7/20/13 in T he Washington Post. Twelve colonosc...
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