Monday, June 29, 2015

MEDICARE VERSUS THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD (IPAB)

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Here is how it works: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) grants coverage to about 15 million persons not previously covered by what passed for ...
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Friday, May 15, 2015

MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC): a rising business opportunity!

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Continuation of our Money and Medicine Series Maintenance of Certification (MOC) has become the latest repository of profitability for ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL-LEGAL EVALUATIONS (Neuropsyche QMEs): Does someone want to sabotage neuropsychological evaluations?

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Assembly Bill 1542 (Mathis and Cooley) Seemingly erudite and arcane, the question of when to use Neuropsychological QMEs as opposed to P...
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Friday, April 17, 2015

WHEN DOES A $681,000 SALARY REQUIRE "ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION?" Is there a reasonable argument that ABMS and other board salaries are tied into MOC (Maintenance of Certification)?

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According to Form 990 from the IRS for 2013 for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD, MBA, presid...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

APPORTIONMENT AND SIBTF (formerly SIF): Acme Steel v. WCAB & Borman

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When Labor Codes 4663 and 4664 were changed pursuant to SB 899 it was understood by the legal and medical stakeholders that major changes ...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

WHEN PATIENTS GET TOO EXPENSIVE TO TREAT

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What do insurance companies do when medical expenses get too high for comfort?  How may insurance companies deal with expanding medical co...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

PAYMENTS FOR MEDICAL REPORTS ARE DOWN 36.7%: doctors denied payment, workers denied access to care

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In workcompcentral's issue of 29 January 2015 CWCI has formally admitted that payments for evaluation and management reports have been...
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