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Friday, August 20, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
ONC webinar on information blocking »
NEW Webinar: What health care providers need to know about information sharing and the info blocking regulation! &n...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Update: 2020 MIPS Performance Feedback, Final Score, and 2022 MIPS Payment Adjustment Information »
On Monday, CMS made the AMA aware that certain MIPS participant scores for 2020 were inadvertently miscalculated due to a...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMA, physician groups push back on VA’s plan to establish new national standards of practice »
MedPage Today (8/2, Firth) reports, “The American Medical Association (AMA) and dozens of physician groups are pushing...
Thursday, July 15, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
FDA Approval of Kerendia to Help Slow Kidney Disease and Failure Associated with Type 2 Diabetes »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of Kidney Patients, the largest kidney patient consumer and caregiver organ...
Thursday, July 15, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Your e-prescribing requirements under state and federal law »
The FMA has received several emails from physicians who are having issues with pharmacies that are refusing to fill prescr...
Thursday, July 1, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Kidney Patients Launch Education and Voter Registration Drive for Independence Day »
Kidney Patriots™ Mobilize to Fight Disease Risks and Push for Care Innovation   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ame...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Telehealth Could Suffer as Order Expires »
TALLAHASSEE --- Florida health-care providers are going back in time. The growing emergence of telehealth, or telemed...
Monday, June 21, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Speakers debate potential of opt-out system to help increase US organ donor rate »
Presumed consent, by which a country’s residents agree to donate their organs upon death unless they actively opt out, has...
Monday, June 14, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
OSHA Announces COVID-19 Safety Rule »
The  New York Times  (6/10, Scheiber) reports that on Thursday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administrat...
Friday, April 16, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Wednesday, April 7, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medical Licensure Extended Until June 30, 2021 »
On March 31, 2021, as part of the response efforts to the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), FL State Surgeon General Dr....
Wednesday, February 17, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Will more payers buy ASCs? »
By Laura Dyrda - Becker's ASC Review ASC industry leaders expect more consolidation in the coming years as the cost...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
American Medical Association Guide to Surprise Billing Law »
Click here to view an initial guide provided by the American Medical Association (AMA) to the major provisions in the “No...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
House, Senate Diverge of Health Lawsuit Bills »
Christine Sexton/New Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE --- Lawmakers are poised this year to pass legislation to protect hea...
Thursday, January 28, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Telemedicine: Evaluating Virtual Care From a Risk Management Perspective »
The concept of providing medical care at a distance has existed for more than a century. Despite this, until 2020, telemed...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Federal action on surprise medical bills: What doctors should know »
Patients will be protected from unexpected medical costs, while out-of-network physicians other clinicians and facilities...
Thursday, January 7, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Telehealth Claim Lines Increase 3,060 Percent Nationally When Comparing October 2019 to October 2020 »
Telehealth claim lines increased 3,060 percent nationally from October 2019 to October 2020, rising from 0.18 percent...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law Final Rules »
The AMA submitted comments on both the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) proposed rule and the Stark Law proposed rule in...
Thursday, November 12, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
What A Biden Presidency Means For U.S. Health Care And Public Health »
As of Jan. 20, 2021 — Inauguration Day — the federal government is about to get much more involved in health care and the...
Monday, November 9, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Telemedicine use still up far above pre-pandemic levels »
The Houston Chronicle (11/8, Wu) reports, “Telemedicine, once regarded as a niche in medical care, has moved into the...
Friday, November 6, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
New rule will require health plans to disclose personalized information on enrollee cost-sharing »
According to DOT Med News (11/3, Fischer), beginning “January 1, 2023, health plans must issue an online shopping tool...
Friday, November 6, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Expansion of telemedicine has reportedly increased access to specialists for some patients with canc »
Healthcare IT News (11/3, Jercich) reports that one of the “less publicized advantage of telemedicine is the availabilit...
Friday, November 6, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Hospital Price Transparency: Requirements Effective January 1 »
In 2 months, each hospital operating in the United States is required to provide clear, accessible pricing information onl...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
ESRD PPS: CY 2021 Payment Policies and Rates »
  On November 2, CMS issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
ONC for HIT Announces Extension of Compliance Deadlines »
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced it is extending compliance deadlines for certain info...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Major Changes Are Coming to E/M Visits in 2021 »
Significant changes are taking place with E&M changes in 2021.  In order to prepare our members for the upcoming...
Friday, October 16, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Report Points To Lack Of Insurance Competition »
The commercial health-insurance market has less competition than it did five years ago, according to an analysis released...
Monday, October 12, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Health Price Website Gets Little Public Attention »
October 8, 2020  Christine Sexton TALLAHASSEE --- A program pushed by former Gov Rick Scott to help people compar...
Monday, October 5, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Some Insurers to No Longer Waive Co-Payments, Deductibles For Telehealth Appointments »
The New York Times (10/3, Abelson) reported, “Some people will have to start paying more out of their own pockets for...
Thursday, October 1, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS Announced a New Round of Provider Relief Funds »
HHS announced today that it will be disbursing another $20 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Funds. Under this Phase...
Thursday, October 1, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Group Offers Proposal For Liability Protections »
Forty lobbyists and association representatives met over the summer to discuss ways to protect businesses from what some f...
Monday, September 21, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS finalizes rulemaking aimed to increase living organ donations »
Modern Healthcare (9/18, Cohrs, Subscription Publication) reported that on Friday, HHS “finalized rulemaking that aims t...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
RPA Study on CKD MBD »
Call for Nephrology Practices RPA Study: Assessment of Nephrologist Practices in Managing Mineral Bone Disease in Pa...
Thursday, September 10, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Board To Carry Out Expanded Role For Nurses »
With proposed rules to expand the scope of practice for Florida pharmacists now published, attention has turned to carryin...
Thursday, September 10, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Clock Ticking On New Pharmacist Rules »
A 21-day public comment period on proposed rules to expand the role of Florida pharmacists in treating patients started Th...

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