The President’s unilateral delay of the employer mandate is about over, and businesses with 50 or more full-time employees will have to start filing detailed reports with the IRS in January 2015, notes the Association […]
Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that he will not pursue a single payer health care plan this legislative session or in the near future, expressing “huge disappointment.” The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) applauds […]
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Like the Affordable Care Act, the 1,600-page “CRomnibus” was rammed through the House in a hasty secret process. Members received the wording a […]
In choosing a state in which to set up a practice, physicians should study tax and regulatory policy, writes third-year family medicine resident Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A. The winter issue of the Journal of […]
In the Dec 9 hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee brilliant MIT economist Jonathan Gruber and CMS head Marilyn Tavenner both displayed memory loss and lack of knowledge of key numbers. Both […]
Synopsis courtesy of Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD @MSingletonMDJD A Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Medicare Fraud, the Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (PIMA) of 2014, has been Introduced by House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee […]
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. “If you like your weak economy, you can keep your weak economy,” promises Casey Mulligan, professor of economics at the University of Chicago. […]
Analysis by Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD of Hospitals Improvements for Payment (HIP) Act of 2014. We cringe when we see “comprehensive” reform of anything but don’t shoot the messenger. Even if physicians do not take […]
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Will Exchanges end with a bang or a whimper? John Graham poses this question. The bang would be the Supreme Court’s ruling that […]
Congressional hearing summary provided by The Market Institute The House Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Investigations subcommittee met on November 18, 2014 to receive the latest update on the ongoing outbreak of the Ebola virus […]
