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More than half of physicians are feeling burned out, and onerous, punitive federal mandates on electronic health records (EHRs) are one of the biggest reasons, reports the Chicago Tribune on Dec 12. Many family physicians […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. Reconciliation Placed on the Senate’s Calendar H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, authored by Rep. Tom Price, MD […]
On Wednesday, Sept 23, 2015, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) brought physicians to Capitol Hill to brief Congress on the impact of government requirements such as the ICD-10 diagnostic codes on patient […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. Three House Bills Approved on July 29, 2015 by House Energy and Commerce Committee Thank goodness, this was not endorsing selling fetal tissue […]
By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised by the decision, but that doesn’t mean I […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. It was already apparent in 2014 that the Affordable Care Act forces people to buy catastrophic policies at first-dollar coverage prices. Less well known […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. Parents are rebelling against Common Core and other standardized tests of their children, which are turning education into a teach-for-the-test treadmill (or else lose […]
A bipartisan Senate Bill to Limit FDA Control Over Electronic Medical Records, S. 2977 Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers Health Act or the MEDTECH Act was introduced on December 4, 2014. The bill […]
Hearing Summary: Prepared for AAPS by the Market Institute The House Committee on Homeland Security recently met on Nov. 13, 2013 to examine the security of personal information on Healthcare.gov. There are concerns that the […]
Introduced in Senate May 16, 2013: The Cutting Costly Codes Act would prevent the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from changing the version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system that is […]
