Reimbursement

New American Academy of Family Physicians President Steven P. Furr, MD, FAAFP, is focused on increasing pay for family physicians to account for the comprehensive care they provide and draw more students to the field.

New reimbursement rules may allow rheumatologists to use digital tools and remote monitoring to improve patient care, according to a presenter at the 2023 AWIR annual conference.

Recent recommendations from MedPAC regarding Medicare Part B physician reimbursements will “do nothing to address the root cause” of high drug prices, according to Madelaine A. Feldman, MD, FACR.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, William F. Wiley, MD, speaks about Iheezo, the first ocular anesthetic approved by the FDA in nearly 14 years.

The American College of Rheumatology is sounding the alarm over a recent recommendation from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission — or MedPAC — that it says would cut physician reimbursements for infused therapies.

Taking call, an arrangement in which employees can be called during certain periods of time to work, is generally expected among health care workers, including orthopedic surgeons.

Orthopedic surgeons should be reimbursed for taking hospital call. This will enhance the care given to orthopedic patients and consultant services.

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting showed that surgeon reimbursement for basic arthroscopy procedures was greater with healthier patients.

SAN DIEGO — While cuts to reimbursement, inflation and the threat of recession were seen by survey respondents as the biggest practice challenges, one respondent wrote “all these will affect the ability to see more patients and grow.”

A coalition of U.S. legislators has drafted a bill that would tie annual changes in Medicare physician reimbursement to inflation as measured by the Medicare Economic Index.