by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 24, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Each performance year, CMS sets a “performance threshold” (PT) which is the number of points at which a provider receives 0% adjustment to their Medicare Part B payments. If, just for the sake of illustration, the PT threshold is 50 points, then a provider earning 50...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 17, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
For over a decade we had an annual crisis of uncertainty regarding Medicare physician payments. Under the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, physician reimbursement needed to be cut by at least 21% to keep the Medicare program from going under financially....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 3, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Two months ago (Jan 2016), Diabetes Care published an article by Fedorko and colleagues entitled, “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Does Not Reduce Indications for Amputation in Patients With Diabetes With Non healing Ulcers of the Lower Limb: A Prospective, Double-Blind,...
