The U.S. House voted recently to delay the so-called “individual mandate” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On July 17, 2013, the House passed the Fairness for American Families Act, H.R. 2668, sponsored by Rep. Todd Young (R-IN). Passage of H.R. 2668 sets the stage for a political show down…
The trend for physicians to work for a hospital or hospital system continues. Once a physician finds a job opportunity, one of the first details the physician and the hiring entity may discuss is the nature of the relationship. Will the doctor be an employee or an independent contractor? Often…
Steve Brenton, President of the Wisconsin Hospital Association, released a forceful judgment of the Obama Administration’s decision to delay by at least one year implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate, calling it a “dogs breakfast.” As reported in the Milwaukee Business Journal, Brenton cited five very negative…
Efficiency in practice, an InHealth Company, features Kevin Little’s Guidelines for Physician Review of Health Plan Contracts.
Nationwide there is much consternation and debate about what sort of “healthcare reform” might cure our health care system’s many ills, its growing price tag in particular. Of course, there is no shortage of answers and opinions about possible solutions or improvements. To be sure, the issue is highly complex,…
Medical Association of Georgia presents for its 7,000 member physicians Guidelines for Physician Review of Health Plan Contracts, prepared by Kevin S. Little.
The “EHR Improvements Act,” a bill (HR 1309) recently introduced by Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), would, if passed, mean that doctors close to retirement age might not incur Medicare payment cuts as a result of failing to implement an electronic health record (EHRs) system. Additionally, the bill would make solo…
On May 31, 2013, the Boards of Trustees of The Federal Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medicare Insurance Trust Funds (Boards of Trustees) issued the most recent report (the “Report”) on the financial condition of the U.S. Medicare Program. The Board of Trustees oversees the financial operations of the Medicare Part…
The concierge practice of medicine is the wave of the future. This is very good news for the American consumer and tax payer. As the price tag for Medicare has increased, so has the pressure on federal lawmakers to do something to avoid the looming fiscal disaster that attends rising…
Some health plans would have doctors believe that all terms and conditions in health plan contracts are immutable. That is not true. Health plan contract language can and should be negotiated under some circumstances. All physicians are strongly cautioned against blindly signing health plan contracts or any “paper work” that…