Practice Management News

THOROFARE, NJ – SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio Gastroenterology, announced Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, AGAF, and Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, Chief Medical Editors of Healio Gastroenterology.

President Barack Obama, JD, said it would be “reckless” for Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act without having a suitable replacement ready to go.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

New data presented at the 2016 International Liver Congress, new guidelines on the management of hepatitis C virus infection from EASL and the WHO, and several new FDA approvals were among the most popular news topics covered by Healio.com/Hepatology this year.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

As 2017 is quickly approaching, the AMA announced vital topics and recommendations that physicians should discuss with their patients to help ensure that they maintain a healthy lifestyle in the new year.

Opening a supervised injection facility for people who inject drugs, or PWID, could generate $3.5 million in savings in San Francisco, according to a cost-benefit analysis published in the Journal of Drug Issues.

The American College of Gastroenterology has published the first new guideline in over 10 years on the evaluation of abnormal liver chemistries, which provides a framework for physicians to approach this common problem, and notably sets new lower thresholds defining normal serum alanine aminotransferase levels.

HHS recently announced it has finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that shift Medicare payments from rewarding quantity to rewarding quality — models that develop incentives for hospitals and clinicians to work together to avoid preventable hospital readmissions and complications, and quicken patient recovery.

Two recent actions by CMS — issuing the final Annual Letter to Insurers for 2018 and the final rule regarding Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters — will further strengthen the health insurance marketplace, according to a press release.