An insightful commentary on physicianspractice.com (written by Lucien Roberts) explains exactly what will happen to physician pay in 2012 when the scheduled 29.5% cut to the Medicare's reimbursement takes place. The math is startling.
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What Will The Scheduled 2012 Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Mean to Your Practice?
Friday, November 11, 2011
D4PC "Morning Rounds" Thursday November 10, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Tuesday November 8, 2011
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Government is the Reason America's Health Care System is Sick Today
Monday, November 07, 2011
In 1962, Washington politicians made one of their initial attempts to insert the federal government into the American health care profession. They proposed nationalizing health care for the elderly as a first step towards the total government takeover of health care. Legislation to accomplish this goal in 1962 was known as the King-Anderson bill. On May 20, 1962, President Kennedy delivered a public speech at Madison Square Garden (MSG) calling for the passage of King-Anderson.
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Feds OK Deep Cuts to California's Medicaid Program, Threatening Access to Care
Monday, November 07, 2011
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the federal government has approved a proposal by the State of California that will allow the state to impose dramatic cuts to the reimbursement rate paid to health care providers. The Times reports: "California plans to reduce rates by 10% to many providers, including physicians, dentists, clinics, pharmacies and most nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday."
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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Monday October 31, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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How ObamaCare Will Harm Low-Income Americans
Friday, October 28, 2011
According to The Washington Examiner, in testimony before a subcommittee in the House of Representives this week "Cornell University economics professor Richard Burkhauser showed that in 2014, millions of low-income Americans may be unable to get subsidized health insurance through the new health care exchanges." The culprit: the legislative language of ObamaCare.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Thursday October 27, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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DOJ Gambles in the Courts About Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate
Thursday, October 27, 2011
In a frantic rush to ram the President's healthcare takeover into law, Obama administration officials omitted a "severability" clause into the legislative language which means if the Supreme Court finds the individual mandate unconstitutional, then legally, the entire law should collapse since congress can't remove the unconstitutional segment and still uphold the law.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Monday October 24, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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