NEW RULES: the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final rules for the 2013 Medicare Physician…
Practice Management
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NEW RULES: the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final rules for the 2013 Medicare Physician... -
Physician value-based payment modifier starts in 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implement a... -
EMPRN: Research network amplifies physician voices
EMPRN, the Emergency Medicine Practice Research Network, recently completed its first survey and presented some of the...
Physician value-based payment modifier starts in 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implement a…
EMPRN: Research network amplifies physician voices
EMPRN, the Emergency Medicine Practice Research Network, recently completed its first survey and presented some of the…
Learn to supervise your advanced practice provider
Some of the most important risk areas related to advanced practice providers (APPs) or mid-level providers include:…
HHS asking EPs about admissions
The Office of Inspector General at the Health and Human Services Department has reportedly sent letters to…
Does flu vaccination help your heart?
We seem always to be looking for health benefits from things that might otherwise be seen as…
Waypoints of the journey
Life is a journey marked by the waypoints of humbling events. We all experience these affairs, great…
Diverse Activities Highlighted ACEP Section Meetings
Each of ACEP’s 32 Sections held meetings at the 2012 Scientific Assembly in Denver. Here’s a recap…
Know Your Professional Liability Policy
The Medical Legal Committee’s all-College survey (ACEP News April 2012) indicated that very few members had obtained…
Chemical Restraint in the ED
Chemical Restraint in the ED Sudden violence in the emergency department (ED) remains a common problem. Psychiatric…