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Staggering numbers…. ”The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services project an additional 14 million Medicare beneficiaries, plus another 9.6 million individuals on Medicaid, by 2023. That’s on top of the 48 million already enrolled in Medicare and the 70 million enrolled in... Read More

Every 11 seconds a baby boomer becomes eligible for Medicare (MCR). By 2020, there will be 70 million MCR eligible patients in the US. What is your practice strategy for handling MCR patients? Now you may now be asking, why do I need a strategy for seeing MCR patients that is... Read More

There are several trends in healthcare that your healthcare practice should consider. Healthcare has always responded to innovation and change. Leaders in healthcare are always looking for ways to improve the overall health of the patient and their organizations. They go hand in... Read More

Amid evidence that better care-coordination means improved outcomes, and fewer mistakes and costly hospitalizations, the Obama administration issued a policy change whereby the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay physicians a monthly fee to coordinate care for... Read More

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the 2015 calendar year. These CMS rule changes doe not include changes to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, but revises the Medicare Shared Savings Program... Read More

Sunday on Meet the Press, both the President of Mayo Clinic and the CEO of Cleveland Clinic were discussing healthcare in 2014.  Both made these observations: Everyone will be paid less in 2014 for services. Healthcare delivery models must become more efficient. Payment for... Read More

The AMA is not pleased about all aspects of President Obama’s recent budget release and the effects on healthcare! On April 10, Dr Lazarus released the following statement related to Obama’s budget proposal. April 10, 2013 Statetment attributable to: Jeremy Lazarus,... Read More