Generic medications are supposed to save money. And drug plans offered to Medicare patients are also supposed to help seniors afford their medications. But the secret that the insurance industry doesn’t want seniors to know […]
After Blue Cross of California indicated that it would cover needed care for a patient enrolled in a plan it administered, the insurer refused to pay the patient’s neurosurgeon. This case is now on appeal […]
Are you a small practice stuck in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and anticipating penalties for not using a certified EHR or perhaps not having an EHR at all? AAPS would suggest investigating opting […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. In an effort to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations, the state of Washington, led by staunch environmentalist Governor Jay Inslee, became the first U.S. state to legalize […]
Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the Request for Information concerning “Reducing Administrative Burden To Put Patients Over Paperwork,” CMS-6082-NC. We appreciate your efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork […]
In the give and take of politics, the Democratic debaters emphasize the “give”—the “take” not so much. To get to universal healthcare, what would you have to give up? Your employer-provided, tax-free medical insurance—right away […]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is asking for feedbackon solutions for “Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients Over Paperwork.” AAPS will be submitting ideas to CMS, but your help is needed to help […]
In the second round of Democratic presidential debates, all the candidates were passionate about “universal healthcare.” But the moderators’ probing went no further than private insurance benefits negotiated by labor unions. Additional questions should be […]
Politicians who are reluctant to immediately go all the way to a complete government takeover of medicine propose the incremental strategy of a “buy-in” to a “public option.” Public programs predictably crowd out private ones. […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD For the next one and a half years we will have to endure the hyperbole, apocalyptic predictions, fake outrage, half-truths, and frank lies of politicians. Some kind soul should […]
