There was a nice opinion piece in JAMA Internal Medicine recently where the primary author talked about moving from the U.S. to Switzerland and his experience in both systems. Primary care physicians are allowed to bill based on time there. This includes travel time, phone work, and documentation time. What a concept!...
Read More »

I’ve complained about CMS/Medicare many times in previous posts, but this time they deserve praise. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell floated a proposal to allow Medicare to change how it pays for cancer drugs. According to an aritcle in the New York Times, ALL members of the Senate Finance Committee signed a letter...
Read More »