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Survey: Docs report rocky relationship with payers
Doctors facing a changing practice environment are unhappy with most large health payers, according to the 2014 Medscape insurer ratings report.
Feds release doctor-specific payment data
The federal government is weighing requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to disclose Medicare payment and performance data for doctors, Medscape reported.
Closing the doctor-patient gap on communications, finance
FierceHealthfinance explores how hospitals can help close the widening communication gap between providers and patients.
Angling for donors, hospitals give VIP emergency treatment
Community VIPs--very important patients--may be getting preferential treatment in hospital emergency rooms (ER) in order to secure donations or other help to the institution at a future date, reports
Specialty physicians balk at SGR repeal proposal
Specialty physician organizations want permanent changes to Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula but do not want to endure any cuts to their payments, reports The Hill's Healthwatch.
Hospital-physician alignments may wind up costing more
Increased alignment between hospitals and physicians, while touted as a means to improving quality and cutting costs, may in some instances have the opposite effect. A new issue brief by the
