UnityPoint Health Virtual Care Options Now Available In Illinois, Nebraska And South Dakota
Starting today, UnityPoint Health’s on-demand virtual care offerings are expanding to patients located in Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota.
In Wake Of Cyberattack, Congress Asks HHS To Help End Heath Care Disruptions
Nearly 100 members of Congress have alerted the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra about the ongoing challenges patients and physicians are experiencing as a result of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
American Medical Association (AMA) Urges Public To Get Vaccinated Amid Growing Measles Outbreaks
With an increasing number of measles cases reported across the U.S. and globally, vaccination rates declining and spring break travel beginning, the American Medical Association (AMA) today issued the following statement urging individuals to get vaccinated against the measles if not already immune
American Medical Association (AMA): MedPAC’s Call for Higher Medicare Payments Should Spur Congress To Act
“The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) today called for a physician payment update tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), a move that physicians know is smart policy and desperately needed.
American Medical Association (AMA) : AHIP Offers Tone-Deaf Response To Cyberattack
“It is dumbfounding that following weeks of silence and a lack of assistance to struggling practices in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, AHIP’s response is a “business as usual” approach to prior authorization.
American Medical Association (AMA) Response To UnitedHealth Group Update On Change Healthcare Cyberattack
The March 18 timeline for testing Change Healthcare claims systems means significant financial disruption on physician practices will extend past 26 days before there is the possibility of establishing reliable network connections.
American Medical Association (AMA): Patients, Physicians Continue To Endure Medicare Cuts
While we appreciate the challenges Congress confronted when drafting the current 2024 appropriations package, we are extremely disappointed that about half of the 2024 Medicare physician payment cuts will be allowed to continue.
As Cyberattack Jeopardizes Physician Practices, AMA Demands Action
As the cyber-takedown of Change Healthcare has forced medical practices to go without revenue for a twelfth day, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to use all its available authorities to ensure that physician practices can continue to function, and patients can continue to receive the care that they need.
Bipartisan Senate Letter Says Medicare Cut Threatens Access To Quality Care
In response to a Dear Colleague letter calling on the Senate to reverse devastating Medicare cuts that went into effect on January 1, American Medical Association President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, released the following statement.
Brooks-Lasure, Cohen, Kahn, Featured In AMA’s All-Star Lineup For National Advocacy Conference
CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen, M.D., MPH, and Federal Trade Commissioner Lina Kahn are talking to the nation’s physicians next week at the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference.
American Medical Association: Congress Fails Seniors, Physicians By Ignoring Medicare Cuts
“We are disappointed that Congress chose not to stop serious Medicare cuts for physician services in the temporary CR. Failure to reverse these cuts will create access issues for patients and small, independent physician practices, especially those in rural and underserved areas.
American Medical Association (AMA): New Prior Authorization Regulation To Benefit Patients And Physicians
“The American Medical Association (AMA) applauds Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Brooks-LaSure for heeding patients and the physician community in a final rule that makes important reforms in government-regulated health plans’ prior authorization programs for medical services
AMA Commends Medpac’s Renewed Call For Medicare Rates Tied To Inflation
“Since the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) met last year and first called for increasing physician payment rates based on an inflation-based index for Medicare, Medicare payment rates continued to fall while practice expenses soared.
AMA Interim Meeting To Convene Friday Outside Nation’s Capital
The American Medical Association (AMA) will gather physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine in National Harbor, Maryland to shape the health care agenda of the nation’s largest physician organization.
AMA Examines Decade Of Change In Physician Practice Ownership And Organization
Physicians are less likely to work in a private practice than 10 years ago due to economic, administrative, and regulatory burdens that have driven physicians to shift traditional business models for medical practices, according to a newly released biennial analysis of physician practice arrangements by the American Medical Association (AMA).
UnityPoint Health Named To ‘Best Employers’ List For Iowa, Illinois And Wisconsin
UnityPoint Health® continues to be recognized as one of the best places to work across all employers.