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April 8, 2016

GI News Round Up – 04/02/2016 – 04/08/2016

GI News

Digestive Health Specialists, SonarMD partner: 3 points
By Anuja Vaidya
Becker’s GI & Endoscopy

Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2016
By Carol Peckham
Medscape


Colonoscopy

A Teachable Moment on the Need for Colon Cancer Screening
By Jane E. Brody
The New York Times Well Blog

Marriage increases likelihood of screening colonoscopy in men
By Adam Leitenberger
Healio


MACRA

Brave New World: Medicare’s Advanced Payment Models
By Billy Wynne and Max Horowitz
Health Affairs Blog

MACRA Raises Need for EHR Optimization, Other Improvements
By Kyle Murphy, PhD
EHR Intelligence

ONC seeks guidance on how to measure interoperability under MACRA
By Marla Durben Hirsch
FierceEMR

Physicians should be driving value-based solutions
By Andis Robeznieks
Medical Economics


Medicare Reimbursement

CMS beats value-based pay goal
McKnight’s Long Term Care News
By Emily Mongan

Medicare’s catastrophic drug insurance can be a catastrophe for consumers
By Philip Moeller
PBS Newshour

Sicker Patients Seem at a Disadvantage With Medicare Advantage
By Austin Frakt
The New York Times

Filed Under: GI News Round Up, Newsroom

Member Spotlight

Adult Gastroenterology Associates is a single-specialty GI and hepatology practice serving Tulsa and much of Northeastern Oklahoma, with physicians who specialize in colon cancer screening, treatment of GERD, IBD, and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas.

Learn more at:
www.tulsagastro.com

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