“Drug shortages are pretty much a daily disaster right now for most hospitals,” reported Pharmacy Times on December 10. Meanwhile, “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not just seeing an increase in drug shortages but also a spike in the intensity and duration of shortages,” writes Zachary Brennan, summarizing conclusions from an FDA […]
By Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD “The Flynn Entrapment” in today’s Wall Street Journal details the “ugly tactics employed by James Comey’s FBI.” This is precisely the same dirty tactic that is used by hospital administrators and “medical staff leaders” in conducting a sham peer review. It is the so-called informal, friendly meeting where the target is […]
An entry in the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) can end a doctor’s career permanently. It is critical for doctors to understand how this works, and patients ought to know what it means. In the winter 2018 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D, summarizes the key points in […]
Health-related costs have soared from about 5 percent of the average household’s annual spending in 1984 to 8 percent now, writes Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.“ Thus, the focus of healthcare reform must shift from merely providing insurance coverage to providing affordable options and […]
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon expressed concerns that he was being used as a “rubber stamp” and that the DOJ was only raising “anti-competitive concerns about one-tenth of one percent of this $69 billion deal.” On Monday, December 3, Judge Leon delayed final approval the merger for at least a couple more weeks and […]
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 out of Medicare to leave MIPS behind. If opting out isn’t currently an option, you might want to pursue obtaining […]
The American medical system is already overstressed with the problems of an aging population. How will it cope with epidemics of imported infectious diseases, some unfamiliar to American physicians, and some incurable? An ever-growing caravan of thousands of migrants originating in Central America is determined to force its way into the U.S., having already breached […]
To: HHS Office of Inspector General: Comments in Response to OIG Request for Information, OIG-0803-N, Regarding Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Beneficiary Inducements Civil Monetary Penalties (CMP) The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (“AAPS”) is a non-profit membership organization of physicians and surgeons who are mostly in small, independent practices. Founded in 1943 (and celebrating […]
When political candidates speak about “women’s health,” and accuse opponents of threatening women’s “access to health care,” they mean one thing: abortion. But there are many health issues that are especially important to women. For aging women, there is osteoporosis, with susceptibility to fractures. Of course, women have most of the same problems that men […]
Congress has adjourned until after the midterm elections. The folks are out trolling for votes. The Affordable Care Act is still on the books and government sponsored healthcare, aka Medicare for All is the new feel-good campaign slogan. There have been some wins for price transparency but some folks in DC are pushing government control […]