The Senate has released a draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate version of repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A comparison with the ACA and the U.S. House’s version is here. In response, both…
The Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) report they can provide “No-cost” technical assistance and education for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). It offers: Phone and email support for all QPP questions Assistance with selecting…
Becoming a physician is a not just a career choice, it is “a calling” and a lifelong commitment. Making life and death decisions, keeping patients and families satisfied and maintaining the highest professional standards can absolutely take its toll. Simply…
The Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) Annual Meeting kicked off on June 2 with the President’s Awards Banquet and the inauguration of ArMA's new President and Pima County Medical Society member, Michael Hamant, MD. The following are comments delivered as the…
Around 15 years ago, U.S. state capitals were regularly besieged by large numbers of physicians demanding legislatures do something about skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance rates. Before one such rally in Connecticut in 2003, Henry Jacobs, an obstetrician and head of…
Medical malpractice takes many forms, whether it is an unexpected poor outcome from a procedure or mistakes made via an EHR. One important thing to realize is malpractice lawsuits rarely make it to trial. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would make changes in the second year of the Quality Payment Program as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The goal is…
Yves A. Lussier, MD, associate vice president for data science and chief knowledge officer at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, and director of the UAHS Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, recently was honored by his alma mater, the…
The University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center has received $125,000 from the Arizona Elks Major Projects. Pat Riley, Arizona Elks Association vice president west, and his wife, Carol, from Elks Lodge No. 476 in Yuma, presented the check to…
Michael J. Sacopulous, JD, founder and president of Medical Risk Institute, grew up the son of a medical malpractice defense attorney and later worked at an organization aimed at deterring such claims. He’s had a front-row seat to hundreds of…