The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that it has delayed the expansion of its existing bundled payment programs and the start of new ones until January 2018. CMS posted an interim final rule in March…
The University of Arizona Department of Surgery and Banner – University Medical Center recently welcomed several new surgeons to Tucson. As members of the UA College of Medicine faculty, they are members of the Pima County Medical Society David…
The Arizona Telemedicine Program, based at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -Tucson, has been recognized by AZ Business magazine for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Health. Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP), accepted…
Tucson native and primary care physician Belinda S. Uhall died May 11, 2017, following a two-year battle with brain cancer. She was 58. Born April 17, 1959 in Tucson to Stella Elsie Pelletier and John Guy Raymond, Uhall was the…
Marius M. Wagner, MD, long-time Tucson cardiologist, passed away May 17, 2017. He was 68. Wagner was born March 10, 1949 in Transylvania, Romania to Drs. Julius and Victoria Wagner. Wagner graduated from medical school at the University of Medicine…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued updated ransomware and cyber threat guidance for healthcare organizations. The new guidance was issued after the latest ransomware known as WanaCry infected information tech systems around the world. HHS recommends the…
Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Tucson podiatrist Dr. Loren Scott Wessel pleaded guilty to Forgery, a class four felony in Pima County Superior Court. This case stems from a joint investigation conducted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office Health Care…
While the nation debates the policy and payment issues in healthcare, a quiet crisis may be brewing behind the scenes. “Access to care,” is the buzzword used by every administrator, policy maker and payer who wants to relay a convincing…
Patients increasingly turn to the Internet to express their opinions—positive and negative—about the physicians who provide their healthcare. The disgruntled patient has multiple online outlets on which to provide his or her views. Given that prospective patients consult such reviews…
In September, the Arizona department of Health Services (ADHS), Bureau of Vital Records will launch the state’s new electronic death registration system call the Database Application for Vital Events (DAVE). It replaces the current system called the Vital Systems Information…