Besides harboring the same gripes about Medicare payments as other providers, private practice physical therapists are excluded from some of the privileges of the program given to physicians. But that may change soon. They've taken the fight to Congress.
The summit, which is free to participants, with the cost absorbed by a State Innovation Model grant including support from Cambia Health Foundation, Northwest Health Foundation and others
A roundup of opportunities and healthcare career resources added to the Health Hires job board in the last week, including an exciting internship opportunity with the Oregon School-Based Health Alliance.
The national data compiled by CMS from 2013 found that Oregon’s physicians and teaching hospitals were paid $9.65 million dollars from 348 pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers.
A workgroup last week moved toward consensus on the easier lifts -- including putting caps on overtime for some workers and the amount of time that can be claimed for travel. But the state is uniquely impacted by a Department of Labor decision that it must pay overtime by its dependence on live-in caregivers compared to other states, and no solution has yet arisen that will fairly compensate caregivers while not driving up costs to the program.
The author, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, suggests that Breast Cancer Awareness Month merely not only belittles what people actually go through, but is a big cash cow.
