Tag: Physicians

Health Policy and Economics

VOHRA Wound Care Faces Medicare Fraud Claim

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a False Claims Act lawsuit on April 4, 2025, against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, Dr. Ameet Vohra, and VHS Holdings, P.A., in the U.S. District Court for…

Health Policy and Economics

Doc Payment Fix Bill in the Works?

A bipartisan group of House representatives introduced a bill on Friday aimed at addressing and exceeding a pay cut for doctors that took effect at the beginning of this year. The legislation, known as the…

Health Policy and Economics

Doc Payment Fix in the Works?

Here’s an oldie but a goodie for today. The House Ways and Means Committee is reportedly considering a markup of legislation this month that would revamp Medicare’s physician payment system. This move could increase the…

Health Policy and Economics

Geriatrician Shortage = Cause for Concern

As of the latest demographic data from Pew Research, 62 million people in the U.S. are age 65 or older Number of people 100 and older is growing in US and around the world |…

Policy and Politics - Federal

FTC Bans Employment Non-Compete Provisions – Healthcare Implications Aplenty

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule effectively, banning non-compete agreements, provisions, etc. for employees, including executives. The final rule contains separate provisions defining unfair methods of competition for the two subcategories…

Health Policy and Economics

Unraveling the Puzzle: Tackling Fragmented Healthcare for Better Patient Outcomes

An issue that I have been interested in for most of my career is coordinated care, especially in terms of older adults who utilize the most care resources and typically, have multiple providers (physicians in…

Health Policy and Economics

Are Independent Primary Care Docs a Thing of the Past?

The COVID pandemic illustrated a whole bunch of flaws, holes, and gaps within the U.S. health care system. To be fair, the pandemic illustrated flaws, holes, and gaps within U.S. society, government, the economy, etc….

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