Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Falls
Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD. A quality reporting program designed to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) gives participating providers an opportunity to assess the quality of care delivered to patients. PQRS, first covered in 2013…
Read MorePresent Situation Be Damned, Full Speed Ahead
The Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare was reviewed, state-by-state, last week. This week brings another table (below) of dubious data collected with sincere effort to try to estimate the ACA’s impact on Audiologists. Requests for updates and corrections last week went unheeded. Logical explanations, in order of probability, are 1) nobody reads this column except Harvey…
Read MoreAudiology Landscaping Under Way by the Affordable Care Act
George Lyons (ASHA VP for Audiology) recently anticipated a “changing landscape” for Audiologists as components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are implemented. His well written post was well received and frequently read. It was also rare — few articles in the public domain are written specifically about Audiology and the ACA;…
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