Starting on January 1, 2021, clinicians across the country can expect new Medicare rules on billing, documentation, and payment for evaluation and management (E/M) services — or common office/outpatient visits – to go into effect. These historic …
Category: Policy
Why eliminating health care disparities is easier said than done
Those of us in health care understand that the pandemic represents just one more example of the disproportionately negative impact of health issues on people of color. As stated in a 2017 National Institutes of Health report, “For racial and ethnic mi…
New York City To Shut Down Indoor Dining As Infection Rate Surges
New Yorkers will still be able to eat outdoors and order takeout and delivery.
Two Actions Needed As Covid-19 Cases Soar
Two big approaches are needed to deal with the terrible surge in Covid-19 cases.
How Safe Is Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine? Here’s What You Should Know About Reports Of Allergic Reactions In Britain
Two people reported severe allergic reactions to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine when it was rolled out in the U.K.
The case for decarceration
“There are only two groups of people on this earth who know when and where they will die,” Steve disclosed to me, peering carefully over the rims of his glasses. “They’re the people in hospitals and people with life in prison.” The discomfort of his wo…
Where are the nurses in the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board?
In November, President-elect Joseph Biden announced a panel of thirteen health experts as part of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. The board boasts of a distinguished cohort of public health officials, scientists, and physicians. However, in rea…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Has Coronavirus, Says He Does Not Have Symptoms
Wolf urged constituents to follow public health guidelines.
Here Are All The World Leaders Who Say They’ll Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 Publicly To Boost Confidence
Many people are hesitant to take the new vaccines, which have been developed at record-breaking speed and, in some cases, with a previously unused technology.
Yet another injury to our doctors and our health care system
I recently experienced, up close and personal, yet another injury to our doctors and our health care system. I have an undiagnosed, undiagnosable, autoimmune disease. I am rarely, if ever, without any physical symptoms. I have learned about them and ho…
