The Business of Medicine Newsletter – December 2017
Volume 5, Issue 12
December 2017
Inside the December issue: What all HR managers need to know about sexual harassment, how to survive MIPS in 2018, the GOP’s final tax plan is analyzed, practices fight against growing modifier 25 cuts, CMS reverses course on bundled payment, and a guide to reduce exposure to hazardous drugs in the medical practice.
- Sexual harassment. With stories of harassment all over the news, our HR expert offers guidance to manage a difficult issue in the medical practice workplace.
- 2018 MIPS survival guide. With the final changes to MIPS in the books, a detailed guide to meeting the minimum requirements for 2018, which will be much harder than 2017.
- Final GOP tax bill. The biggest tax reform bill in decades nears passage and its latest provisions include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance mandate.
- Fighting modifier 25 cuts. More Blue Cross Blue Shield payers are adopting a harsh policy of reducing payment for all codes with modifier 25 appended by 50%. We share news on how some practices are fighting back.
- Bundled payments. CMS is cancelling two prominent bundled payment programs and scaling back existing ones. We look at the agency’s shifting philosophy on bundled payment models under the Trump administration.
- Hazardous drugs. Medical practices come with significant occupational hazards; our OSHA/CLIA expert gives practical steps to reduce exposure to dangerous drugs.
