CEO Update, January 2025
"Snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more." - Angie Weiland-Crosby Here in DC, we have had snow on the ground for two weeks thanks to the polar vortex keeping it colder than most here are used to…
"Snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more." - Angie Weiland-Crosby Here in DC, we have had snow on the ground for two weeks thanks to the polar vortex keeping it colder than most here are used to…
Beginning January 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded its billing policy for HCPCS code G2211 (Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all…
Congress Fails to Avert Cut to Medicare Physician Reimbursement As of January 1, 2025, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor was reduced by 2.83 percent to $32.3465 from $33.2875 in 2024. The cut to Medicare physician services went…
From American Medical Association (AMA) On December 20th the House and Senate avoided a government shut down and passed a continuing resolution to keep federal agencies and programs operating until March 14. Most of earlier proposed health care package, including…
Bruce A. Scott, MD is talking about physician payment on CBS News Detroit. Bruce A. Scott, MD, board-certified in both otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery, serves as president of the American Medical Association for 2024-2025. Watch below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_MePRkuS7Y
AMA Update Tuesday, Congressional leaders released a health care package to accompany the FY 2025 Continuing Resolution that is supposed to be voted on by December 20. Here is a document that highlights the key provisions of interest to medicine. In…
“The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination.” — Terri Guillemets There is just something about Winter that brings tranquility. Perhaps it is the quiet stillness of nature, the muffling of snow,…
Practice Corner FAQ’s Q: Is there a maximum number for allergen tests? A: For an initial diagnostic evaluation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined a limit of <70 prick/puncture tests and up to 40 intracutaneous tests…
from CRD Associates Election Update Donald Trump won the presidency with 312 electoral votes, with Vice President Kamala Harris receiving 226 electoral votes. Senate Republicans flipped the Senate and will have the majority in the 119th Congress. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH),…
Thanks to your feedback, we have reimagined our Advanced Course in Allergy & Immunology to give you educational programming that encompasses your full scope of practice. Join us for the new Explorers Course 2025: Surgical & Medical Management of Airway Disease…