U.S. immigration policies have significantly affected immigrant families’ access to pediatric otolaryngological care, leading to fear, reduced healthcare visits, and delayed treatments. These changes have created challenges for healthcare providers and jeopardized children’s health and well-being.
A new rule will increase 340B drug program cuts by expanding changes to off-campus provider-based hospital outpatient departments paid under the Physician Fee Schedule.
Otolaryngologists should work closely with their accountants to ensure they are fully compliant and will reap the full benefits of the new tax bill.
The law aims to cut cost of hearing aids to make them more accessible, but may keep some patients from seeking proper care.
In August 2017, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a new bill to the Senate that would add requirements for medical device cybersecurity, including mandated testing and better remote access […]
The 21st Century Cures Act, also known as the Cures Act, provides the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with critical tools and resources to advance biomedical research across the spectrum, […]
Most otolaryngologists likely have heard about reference pricing, the relatively nascent concept that a payer—be it a person, a plan, or a pension fund—contributes a set amount toward specific procedures. […]
Many physicians are hailing a Congressional proposal to streamline the audit process of the CMS as a good step forward
Pilot program for newly diagnosed patients reimburses hospitals for surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, diagnostic costs for one year of treatment