Payment & Revenue

Payment & Revenue Perspectives

Are You Concerned About Potentially Having Fewer E/M Levels? A potential change to patient visit reimbursement has some physicians concerned. Weigh in on whether you are worried that fewer E/M codes will cause more harm than good.
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 4, 2018
5 Tough New Ethical Dilemmas for Doctors Some ethical dilemmas that physicians deal with in their practice have been around for many years, but new ones have arisen, revolving around technology and business practices.
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2, 2018

Express Scripts Covers Amgen, Lilly Migraine Therapies, Excludes Teva Drug Express Scripts Holding Co, one of the largest U.S. prescription benefits managers, will cover new migraine drugs from Eli Lilly and Amgen Inc, but is excluding a rival medication made by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd after price negotiations with all three manufacturers.
Reuters Health Information, October 21, 2018
Feds Settle $24M Fraud Suit Involving Alleged Kickbacks to 63 Doctors The largest false Medicare claims recovery in Montana history involved more than 60 physicians across multiple specialties.
Medscape Medical News, October 9, 2018