PQRS Measures: Why Bother?
Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD. The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a program through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) designed to improve the quality of care to Medicare Part B beneficiaries by tracking practice patterns of health care practitioners. …
Read MoreDrink to Your Health and Longevity if Not Your Hearing: International Coffee Day Enters its 2nd Week
As promised last week, today’s post concludes our two-week celebration of International Coffee Week by providing an updated table linking coffee/caffeine intake to health effects. The original table appeared in April and you can see that it’s grown quite a bit in only four months. The fly in the ointment continues to be a glaring…
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