CMS has rolled out several Quality Payment Program deadlines and exception application opportunities that are soon approaching, according to the agency’s QPP website timeline. Here are three dates and processes physicians should pay close attention to: 1. Physicians and group…
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Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic and NexCore Group, a healthcare real estate investment and development firm, broke ground May 7 on a medical outpatient building, expanding primary and specialty care capacity in the region. The three-story, 45,327-square-foot facility is being developed next…
After several months of controversy, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians have agreed to “reset” the negotiations surrounding a proposed deal to switch the system’s emergency department staffing partnership to Atlanta-based ApolloMD. According to a May 6 PeaceHealth…
Two physician lawmakers introduced legislation to replace the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, a Republican from Iowa, and Herb Conaway Jr., MD, a Democrat from New Jersey, introduced the Medicare Physician Data-Driven Performance Payment System Act, which…
Distributors of mifepristone, an FDA-approved drug to induce an abortion, may continue shipping the medication for at least one week, according to a May 4 order from the Supreme Court. The order temporarily stays a May 1 decision from the 5th Circuit…
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Two former University of Washington medical residents who participated in the Washington Physicians Health Program are suing the program, alleging it harmed them financially and professionally, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. Dorender Gray, MD, and Temi Ogunleye, MD,…
Physicians are increasingly uncertain if their career choice was worth the debt they took on for training — and some of them would not choose medicine again under new federal caps on student loans, according to new data from Panacea…
While many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped the practice of suing patients over unpaid bills, physicians, dentists, ambulance companies and other healthcare stakeholders are still taking patients to court, according to an April 20 report by KFF Health News.…
The Texas Medical Association has joined a federal multidistrict litigation against MultiPlan and several major insurers, alleging a price-fixing scheme that suppressed out-of-network reimbursement rates, according to an April 7 news release shared with Becker’s. The lawsuit, filed in 2024,…
Oshkosh, Wis., on April 13, according to an April 3 Oshkosh Northwestern report. The 28,000-square-foot facility will replace the provider’s leased space within Ascension NE Wisconsin – Mercy Hospital. The new clinic will offer services including sports medicine, rheumatology, pain…