Jon Stewart is officially wrapping up his glorious stretch with The Daily Show, and for that reason, we take a look back at a few of the many times the show touched on healthcare.
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On The Daily Show Monday night, Jon Stewart pointed out how humorous it is that Congress is celebrating the Doc Fix bill and bipartisanship so much even though they were really just doing their jobs.
People are now talking about the Doc Fix making it through the Senate and how things will be moving forward.
We’re currently waiting to find out what the Senate vote will be for the Doc Fix bill that the House passed with flying colors just a little over a couple weeks ago. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today that a decision should be made by midnight. If the legislation is passed with the needed […]
Today the vote from the Senate on the Doc Fix bill will finally take place. Plus news about IBM's new health data platform is spreading fast.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
If you want to put things like Doc Fix in perspective for a younger generation, compare it to "Titanic" and do so using GIFs.
Here's the context to understand why - when all the political types are cheering the Doc Fix and changes to the SGR - that we should be concerned that the cure is as bad as the disease.
The Balance Budget Act, passed in 1997 by Congress, adopted the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate), which aimed to control federal healthcare spending. Basically, the SGR formula aims to keep the total increase in Medicare reimbursements to physicians from exceeding the change in GDP (Gross Domestic Product). However, since its inception, the cost of reimbursing health […]
After many years of temporary deals tackling the Medicare “doc fix” situation, it looked like a solution was in place when the House had an overwhelming bipartisan vote to repeal the sustainable growth rate on Thursday. But the Senate has now put the process on hold and bailed for a two week recess due to some […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
It was like magic, a vote was held in the House of Representatives on the Medicare “Doc Fix” and moments later, my inbox was filled with press releases from the American College of Cardiology and the AMA. A few seconds later, a somewhat more tempered press release from AARP arrived, urging more revisions to the […]
The House, as expected, voted to repeal automatic cuts to doctors under Medicare today. The bill passed with a vote of 392-37. This was a major victory as far as bipartisan negotiation is concerned. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) worked together to eliminate the ongoing “doc fix” situation, an […]
The Doc Fix is actually happening. Really. Also, who knew Google would be so anti-Obamacare?
The decision to negotiate a $200 billion deal with Democrats to fix Medicare payments to doctors has left some House conservatives pretty worked up. They are saying the effort, backed by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), shouldn’t have been considered without the input of rank-and-file members. The deal under consideration would repeal what’s known as the […]
With a deadline fast approaching, bipartisan negotiations are heating up in the House to find a permanent replacement for Medicare’s physician payment formula. But the tentative package being hammered out behind closed doors contains some key provisions that are likely to raise objections from both Republicans and Democrats. Unless Congress takes action by the end of this month, doctors who […]