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2010 ALERTS

   
July 21, 2010

Justice Dept. charges 94 with Healthcare fraud; Senate presses CMS to prevent 2.9 percent cut to hospitals; Opinion: Medicare needs systematic remedies; read more…

July 14, 2010

AMA losing clout on Hill; Dr. Frank Falco named to CPT Advisory Committee; Study finds physician- patient e-mail improves quality; read more…

July 7, 2010

NCCI 3rd quarter updates: Washington court dumps notice for malpractice lawsuits; Obama bypassing senate for new Medicare Chief; read more…

June 30, 2010

Congress raises Medicare doctor pay by 2.2% through November; Experts urge reform of global drug policy; Texas physician charged with healthcare fraud; read more…

June 23, 2010 Senate passes six-month SGR fix; Indiana anesthesiologist charged with healthcare fraud and unlawful drug distribution; physicians turn to online communications; read more…
June 16, 2010

CMS extends hold on physician claims through thursday; GAO gives Medicare five ways to prevent fraud, waste; FDA releases risk summaries for newer drugs; read more…

June 9, 2010

Study: Infection control at surgery centers; Registry data point to diclofenac as deadliest NSAID; the doctor’s in-box;

June 2, 2010

Physician anger rises over Congress’ failure to meet “doc fix” deadline; Patient data breaches are soaring; FDA warns against contaminated IV antibiotics; read more…

May 26, 2010

Experts: ‘Doc Fix’ a Budget Band-Aid; FDA Approves Intranasal NSAID; read more…

May 19, 2010

FDA: Bad Ad Program to Help Health Care Providers Detect, Report Misleading Drug Ads; Lexi-Comp Awarded $10M contract as Drug Information Provider for Military; read more…

May 12, 2010

New Rules Plan More Limits on Pain Clinics; Medicare Pay: SGR Fatigue;

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May 5, 2010

Is Transparency a Price of Reform?; Nation Prescription Drug Database Slowly Becoming Reality; Film Addresses Phantom Limb Pain; read more…

April 28, 2010

Medicare Pay Cut Stopped Again; Patient Safety, Quality Experts Hope Reform Delivers Improvements; HIPAA Regulations Will Come Next Month; read more…

April 21, 2010

More doctors are prescribing medicines online; Safety on the syllabus: Patient safety becoming part of medical education; JAMA urges journals to toughen data review:

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April 14, 2010

Oklahoma Passes Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act; Doctor Shortage? 28 States May Expand Nurses’ Role; CMS Issues Sanctions Against Aetna; more…

April 7, 2010

CMS Tells Contractors to Delay Doc Payments for 10 Days; CCI Second Quarter Updates Released; FDA Approves New Version of OxyContin Intended to Thwart Abuse; more…

March 31, 2010

DEA Proposed Regs for E-prescribing Scheduled Drugs; Common Mechanisms of Drug Abuse and Obesity, more…

March 24, 2010

House Passes Bill to Delay Physician pay Cut; With Senate ‘Fixes’ Bill, GOP Sees Last Chance to change Health Care Reform; more...

March 17, 2010

Health Care Fiasco: Obama, Pelosi, and Reid Care; Physicians Step-up Protests Against Medicare Cuts; Stricter Training Urged for Imaging, Radiation; more…

March 10, 2010

Senate inches closer to delay of physician pay cut; Commentary: Health care’s obstacle – No will to cut; Slowly, states are lessening limits on Marijuana; more…

March 3, 2010

Senate Delays Doc Pay Cut for 30 Days; Obama Calls for ‘Up or Down” Vote on Heath care; More…

February 24, 2010

Obama Leaves Public Option Out of Reform Plan; CA Doctors Sue to Ensure Nurse Anesthetists are Supervised;

February 17, 2010

L.A. County Slashes Doctors’ Reimbursement Rate; No Longer Waiting for Feds, States Jumpstart Health Reform; more…

February 10, 2010 Documentation for Dummies and Cadaver Course offered in April; FDA To Require Medical Imaging Firms To Redesign Equipment; more...
February 3, 2010 Medicare 'doc fix' may cost $200B ;  Abstract and Poster Session Registration Form Now Avaiable; more...
January 27, 2010

Health Reform Would Spend $5B to Create High-Risk Pools for Uninsurable; Information regarding Calendar Year 2010; more...

January 20, 2010 ASIPP Haiti Relief Fund; Brown's Senate Win Could Upset Health Care Reform; read more...
January 13, 2010

CMS Agrees Not to Eliminate Fluoroscopy Coverage for Epidurals; Abstract and Poster Session Deadline Set; Labor Campaigns Against Tax on Health Plans; read more…

January 6, 2010 Results from 2008 National Survey on Drug and Health; NCCI Update; Minnesota Implements NASPER; read more…
   
2009 ALERTS

   
December 30, 2009

Medical Billing Code Monopoly Explains AMA’s Support for Health Plan, Critics Say; GAO; Side-by-Side comparison of House and Senate Health Bills; read more…

December 23, 2009

2010 CPT Coding Update; Health Care Bill: The Real Money Question; Doctor Pay Cut Postponed until March 1; read more…

December 16, 2009

ASIPP Webinar Survey; The battle over health care; Leasing market for medical offices hits downtown; read more…

December 9, 2009

Noridian removes non-coverage policy of Lumbar Facets; Abstract session deadline; NCCI Adjusts ruling; read more…

December 2, 2009

Changes to 2009 CPT for IPM Physicians; Two Ways the Bill Will Pay for Healthcare Reform; County Takes Next Step in Bid to Curb Pain Clinics; read more….

Nobember 25, 2009

Noridian Facet Joint Issues and Misinformation; PR Update; House Passes Major Medicare Payment Reform – Is It Good for Us?; read more…

November 18, 2009 Commentary: Congressional Spenders Ignore Deeping Government Waste; HHS Emplys New Tougher Standards in Calculation of Improper Medicare Payment Rates for 2009; ASIPP Adds Resident/Fellow Board Members; read more…
November 11, 2009

Pay-for-Performance Participation Can Be Pricey; Doctors Spending More time Now with Patients; CMS Publishes Final 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule; read more…

November 4, 2009

ABIPP to offer Part II Examination; House Democrats Clear the Way for Healthcare Vote; FTC to Delay Enforcement of Red Flags Rule until June; read more…

October 28, 2009

Tricare Denying Coverage of Facet Nerve Blocks and RFD; ASIPP Guidelines Accepted to NGC; Seniors Squeezed as Doctors Shun Medicare; read more…

October 21, 2009

Democrats push to reverse Medicare payment cuts to doctors; Small providers may not have to deal with red flags rule; Physician groups back Medicare payment reform bill: read more…

October 14, 2009

Healthcare reform bill clears final senate panel; Medicaid drug fraud targeted by government watchdog group; how the modern patient drives up health costs; read more…

October 7, 2009

Fourth Quarter CCI Updates Released; Book Released by ASIPP Members; Facet Joint Interventional Techniques Survey; read more…

September 30, 2009

Senators reject pair of public option proposals; Some state push to ban mandate on insurance; Challenges to medical liability caps go before Georgia, Maryland high courts; read more…

Setember 23, 2009

RAC Audits to Begin in Regions C & D; Insurers Expect to Pay Out 10% More for Medical Care; read more…

September 16, 2009

Healthcare Proposal Mandates Coverage, Drops Public Option; ASIPP Members Can Weigh in on IPM Topics for Radio Listeners; States Targeting Medicaid Physician Pay; read more…

September 9, 2009

ASIPP Member Stephen Lester, Family Killed in Plane Crash; ABIPP Part II to be offered April 25, 2010; read more...

September 2 , 2009

Documentation for Dummies; Healthcare Bill - Continue to Write Congress and White House; read more…

August 26, 2009

Medicare pay-for-service by non-physicians comes under scrutiny; Swine Flu Could Infect Half of U.S.; read more…

August 19, 2009

Stop Extinction of Facet Joint Interventions in Noridian States; Lack of Medicare Appointee Puzzles Congress; Fight Looms over Medicare Advantage; read more…

August 12, 2009

Florida Medicaid clients dropped in computer failure; RAC audits begin in South Carolina; read more…

August 5, 2009

Landmark Massachusetts Health Reform Showing Cracks in Access and Coverage; Florida Medicaid Clients Dropped in Computer Failure; Read more…

July 29, 2009

Senators Close to Health Accord; Florida Appeals Court Halts some California Medicaid Pay Cuts; Read more…

July 22, 2009

Budget Blow for Health Plan; AMA Ranks Payers’ Claims Processes; Patient Portion of Fees Often a Mystery; Read more…

July 15, 2009 Regina Benjamin Picked as Surgeon General; CMS Announces 2010 Proposed Fee Schedules read more…
July 8, 2009

Medicare Program Payment Policy Updates; ASC, HOPD Payment Rates; Third Quarter CCI Updates; read more…

July 1, 2009

Lack of Training for Health Care Professionals Increase Drug Addiction; Medicare Fraud Strike Force Makes 53 Arrests; read more…

June 24, 2009 Gov. Signs Florida Legislation Aimed to Halt Abuses of Pain Pills; Obama proposes Law Requiring Congress to Find Health Spending Offsets; read more…
June 17, 2009

ASIPP Officially Gains Seat in AMA House of Delegates; Obama Pitches Health Care Reform to MDs; read more…

June 10, 2009

RACs self assessment and aggressive appeals are key; Democrats nearing consensus on health plan; read more…

June 3, 2009

Disaster averted for quarterly NCCI edits; NASPER progress; RAC program to be in place by Jan. 1; read more…

May 27, 2009

CCI Second quarter updates; Antitrust law a hurdle to healthcare overhaul; read more…

May 20, 2009

New Democrat Coalition proposes independent panel to oversee comparative effectiveness research; SAMHSA seeks public comment on Issues related to the implementation of the NASPER; read more…

May 13, 2009

Physicians get delay in FTC enforcement of identity theft rules; Medicine scores legal victories in scope of practice; read more…

May 6, 2009

RACs free to make call on medical necessity rules; EMR adoption higher in states with fewer privacy rules; Medicare Advantage comes under more scrutiny; read more…

April 29, 2009

Sebulius Confirmed by Senate; FL Senate Approves Prescription Drug Tracking System; Helping Search Engines Find You More Quickly; read more…

April 22, 2009

Senate Finance Committee Approves Sebelius Nomination; Doctors face risk of harsh penalties form new Medicare enrollment rules; read more…

April 15, 2009

Louisiana Supreme Court upholds injunction in CRNA scope of practice; HHS nominee Sebelius awaits senate vote; read more…

April 14, 2009 SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS INJUNCTION IN CRNA SCOPE OF PRACTICE 
April 8, 2009

Florida clinics multiply, drug overdoes climb; Pain doctor made to prove care was proper; read more…

April 1, 2009

A world of hurt: Exams of injured workers fuel mutual mistrust; Drug related deaths: Legal drugs are problem too; read more…

March 25, 2009

Medical journal deries public airing of conflicts; Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps, while pharma cuts ranks; read more…

March 18, 2009

Team Effort in the House to Overhaul Health Care; No job, no bill: Physicians tell how they help longtime patients struggling during recession; read more…

March 12, 2009

Doctor admits pain studies were frauds; Scope of practice expansions fuel legal battles; Doctors fight back against denial by algorithm; read more…

March 4, 2009

Kansas Governor Accepts Offer as Health Secretary; CMS Issues Change Request; read more…

February 24, 2009

 

Obama calls for healthcare reform; Humana questions adequacy of 2010 preliminary rates; State, feds disagree on use of opioid; read more…

February 18, 2009

Analysis: Stimulus Law Spends on Healthcare Today to Save for Tomorrow; Spine Pain Treatment Attracts Scrutiny of OIG; read more…

February 11, 2009

HHS candidate draws fire; SCHIP expanded – Specialty hospitals survive; Insurers share doctors’ financial pain; read more…

February 4, 2009

Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee; Call for Abstracts; Medicare payment fix weighed; read more…

January 21, 2009

UnitedHealth paying $350 million to settle suit on out-of-network medical services; Medicare pay must be fixed, says Daschle; read more…

January 14, 2009 First quarter CCI Updates; Medicare funding cuts unresolved by new administration; read more...
January 7, 2009

Deadline for AMA Physician Practice Survey extended; Economy: Medicare rules hit surgery centers; read more…

   
POSTED 2008 ALERTS
December 31, 2008

LA Court ruling on CRNA scope of practice; Pain Physician editor elected to European Academy of Sciences and Art; read more…

December 23, 2008

Blue Cross launches doctor-rating survey; Pain-killers can make migraines worse; Rep. Stark: no health reform vote in early ’09; read more…

December 17, 2008

Manuscript on Deaths from Opioid Analgesics now available on PubMed; New Hampshire ban on sale of prescribing date upheld; read more…

December 10, 2008

Leaks to plug in your billing department to ensure total reimbursement; HHS set rules for confidential medical error reporting; more…

December 3, 2008 Dec. 31 deadline for AMA Physician Practice Survey; Senate gets early start on Senate Healthcare Reform plan; more...
November 26, 2008

Few Doctors Sign Off on Online Prescribing; Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law; read more...

November 19, 2008

Rubenstein Public Relations Makes Press Release; CMS Issues Improper Payment Rates for Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP; read more...

November 12, 2008 The Good and the Bad of Medicare's 2009 ASC Rates; You aked for it, we delivered - ASIPP Member Blog now available; read more...
November 5, 2008

ASIPP meets requirements for AMA House of Delegates Seat; Abstract submittal period now open; read more…

October 29, 2008

Medicare battle looms as costs keep climbing; physicians get delay in FTC enforcement of ID thift rules; read more…

October 22, 2008

OIG releases Facet Joint Medicare Payments report; study: smoking, gender effect pain treatment; read more…

October 15, 2008

Trend of Medicaid pay increases expected to end; Bean counters shouldn’t override doctors; read more…

October 8, 2008

ASIPP gains twenty-eight signatures on congressional ASC letter to CMS; Medicaid long-term care- A ticking bomb; read more…

October 1, 2008

Medicaid long-term care; A ticking time bomb; Research: Cell protein suppresses pain better than morphine; read more…

September 24, 2008

Kentucky Prescription Monitoring Program receives $400,000 federal grant; Office of the Instructor; Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, “Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services”; read more…

September 17, 2008

North Dakota telepharmacy project expands across country: Hollywood and health: Health content in popular TV; read more...

September 10, 2008

Oct. 1 deadline looms for three Medicaid prescription security features; Malpractice insurance; How to lower your premiums; Read more...

September 3, 2008

CMS calls for transition to ICD-10 codes in 3 years; Texas liability reforms spur plunge in premiums and lawsuits; Read more...

August 27, 2008 FDA considers training to despense narcotics; Virtual medicine: Compaines use webcams for real-time patient encounters. Read more...
August 20, 2008 Trying to script a solution; treatment for pain divides physicians. Read more...
August 13, 2008  CSIPP president testifies before DWC on treatment guidelines. read more...
July 30, 2008 Send comment letters to CMS; Save the date for the upcoming SCS Course. more...
July 23, 2008 BCBS denies SI injections coverage; ASIPP begins PR campaign. read more...
July 16, 2008 Congress overrides veto on Medicare bill; Save the date for the Dec. Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Implantable course. Read more...
July 9, 2008 Senate Votes Reversal of Cuts in Medicare Doctor Fees ...breaking update
July 9, 2008 Senate returns to debate Medicare Advantage cuts; CCI third Quater updates...read more
June 27, 2008 Doctors face payment cuts for patients on Medicare; Help prevent cuts - write and call Congress today; Help to Assure a Voice for IPM - Join AMA... read more
June 18, 2008 Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians; AMA issues first report card on health insurers; FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) For The Management Of Fibromyalgia... read more
June 11, 2008 Senate Majority Leader Files To Invoke Cloture on Medicare Bill That Would Stall Physician Fee Cut; Medical testing board to introduce doctor of nursing certification; Revitalizing dead space: Finding an innovative place for your practice... read more
June 4, 2008 10 Keys to Turning Around Financially Troubled ASCs; Lilly submits Cymbalta(R) supplemental new drug application for chronic pain to U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Congress may prod doctors toward electronic prescriptions... read more
May 28, 2008 ASIPP 10th Annual Meeting Discounted Registration Extended to May 31; Google Health now available; King pays Acura $3M for product license... read more
May 21, 2008 FDA debates new version of OxyContin; ASIPP to hold Board Review and Competency Review Course; Doctor cited for prescribing too many painkillers... read more
May 14, 2008 Contact Congress on pending Medicare reimbursement legislation; Did you recieve a Physician Practice Information Survey?; Doctor Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycontin Prescriptions for Cash... read more
May 7, 2008 Physician Practice Information Survey: Did you recieve a survey?; NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23; One in four Americans have daily pain; Judge rejects damages limit for malpractice... read more
April 30, 2008 Let Congress Hear From You Today!; Update on the LSBN; Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors; 'Boot camp' helps chronic pain sufferers cope... read more
April 23, 2008 Contact Your Officials This Week: Congress Considers Medicare Fix; Texas Physicians Punished for Prescribing Violations; Nevada May Require ASC Accreditation... read more
April 16, 2008 Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; Crimeproof Your Practice: How to Improve Office Safety; Advanced-practice Nurses Seek Wider Scope in 24 States... read more
April 9, 2008 Frontline Failure: PCPs Often Unarmed Against Pain; Parish Council Expected to Renew Pain Clinic Moratorium; Medical Malpractice Legislation Passes Tennessee House... read more
April 2, 2008 Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; CMS Instructs Florida RAC to Cease and Desist; National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned... read more
March 26, 2008 2007 Pain Practice Benchmarks Survey Results Released; Physicians Face April 1 Deadlien for Tamper-proof Rx Pads; Duragesic Patch: Fentanyl is a Cousin to Heroin... read more
March 19, 2008 Reimbursement Cuts are Looming: Act Today to Prevent Cuts in July; In Memoriam: Samuel J. Hassenbusch, III, MD, FIPP; N.H. Top Five in Methadone Deaths; OIG Work Plan for 2008 to Examine ASC and Hospital, Pain Management and IDTF Issues... read more
March 12, 2008 ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS with AMA to Conduct Physician Practice Survey; Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency; View Photos from March Cadaver Course; New Hampshire Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on March 26, 2008... read more
March 5, 2008 Your Immediate Action is Needed on Legislative Issues; Audits Sting Hospitals, Physicians; Chronic pain research and treatment in Quebec gets $4.35-million boost... read more
February 27, 2008 Your Action is Needed to Prevent Cuts; Cops and Doctors; Network Lets Doctors Share Patient Info... read more
February 20, 2008 Medicare RACs may be coming to an end; ASC Reimbursement Errors Cause Increased Cuts; FDA Alert: Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled... read more
February 13, 2008 Deja Vu - Saga of Fluoroscopy Codes Starts Again; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors - They are coming your way sooner than you think; N.Y. Attorney General Probes Alleged Insurer, IT Firm Scheme... read more
February 6, 2008 ANS Becomes Diamond Sponsor; A doctor's dilemma: prescribing pain pills is getting trickier; Financial ties are cited as issue in spine study... read more
January 30, 2008 Pain Societies Express Concern with Recently Published ACOEM Guidelines; CMS Physician Fee Shedule Overview; Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects... read more
January 23, 2008 DEA Raids Health Clinic Suspected in Illegal Prescriptions; Duluth-based Health System Bans Pharmaceutical Logos; March 1 Medicare Requires Use New ID Number... read more
January 16, 2008 A Dark Addiction: Miners Caught in Western Va.'s Spiraling Rates of Painkiller Abuse; Rep. Whitfield Responds to "Dark Addiction": Sends Letter to Editor; Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Duty, Duty Everywhere... read more
January 11, 2008 ASIPP Breaking News: LA State Judge Rules Practice of IPM Not Within CRNAs Scope of Practice read more
January 9, 2008 Pay Membership Dues Online; New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers; Reduced Fee Ends Jan. 18 for Specialty Course in Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty & Sacroplasty... read more
January 2, 2008 The Year Ahead with ASIPP; NASPER Update; Quicker Pain Treatment Keeps Soldiers Going; Pain Physician journal adds topical issues... read more
   
   
 
 

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