ACEP’s Choosing Wisely Recommendations Stress Importance of Shared Decision Making in Emergency Medicine
During ACEP’s annual conference in Seattle last fall, the College released its five recommendations for inclusion in…
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ACEP’s Choosing Wisely Recommendations Stress Importance of Shared Decision Making in Emergency Medicine
During ACEP’s annual conference in Seattle last fall, the College released its five recommendations for inclusion in... -
Prevent Loss of RVUs, Reduced Physician Compensation by Properly Documenting Evaluation and Management Services in the Emergency Department
An interview with reimbursement and coding expert Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP When it comes to compensation,... -
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for...
Prevent Loss of RVUs, Reduced Physician Compensation by Properly Documenting Evaluation and Management Services in the Emergency Department
An interview with reimbursement and coding expert Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP When it comes to compensation,…
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for…
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available…
CMS and Maryland Enter into Accountable Care Agreement
Maryland shifts its hospitals from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance payment model; expenditures-per-capita system estimated to save Medicare $330…
Medicare Audits Create More Headaches, Delays for Medical Billing
Emergency physicians and hospitals increasingly frustrated with length of audit process, delayed reimbursement on successfully appealed claims…
Opinion: Dispelling Myths, Reiterating Facts About the Affordable Care Act
Common claims about predicted physician shortages, health care benefit cuts by businesses, rising co-pays for emergency department…
What Will Hospital, Health Care System Mergers Mean for Emergency Medicine?
The big keep getting bigger when it comes to hospitals and health systems—and how that affects emergency…
The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula, Then and Now
How the SGR Medicare physician-payment formula became flawed and why a fix is unlikely in 2014 Even…
Legal Wrangling, Political Debate Continue as Affordable Care Act Takes Hold
Provisions of health care reform spark lawsuits, divide state leaders, and encourage release of federal guidelines to…