AMA proposes spinoff of allied health accreditation

Article Abstract:

The American Medical Association (AMA) wants to replace the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) with a new autonomous body, to be called the Council on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The AMA has sponsored CAHEA, at approximately $500,000 a year, since 1976. The association has offered CAAHEP free office space and professional staff services for three years, at a cost of only about $392,000 a year. The AMA also says that allied health professions are now more independent and do not need direct AMA supervision.

Standards, Management, American Medical Association, Medical education

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Buying out of the ED

Article Abstract:

Hospitals such as the Hospital Medical Center in Santa Monica, CA, now allow physicians to pay a substantial fee to avoid working on-call emergency room shifts. The money, combined with hospital and insurance money, helps pay for contract obstetricians. Physicians dislike on-call service because of the overnight hours and poor compensation. Hospitals without this new option are compensating doctors themselves or managing the billing for on-call service. Emergency rooms often contain a disproportionately high number of uninsured, high-risk patients.

Contracts, Hospitalization, Hospital care, Physician services utilization

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Medicare launches coding clampdown; new computer screens spot billing errors, fraud

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The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) will provide Medicare carriers with new computerized screens to handle claims and identify those physicians who wrongly charge for combinations of medical services starting Jan 1, 1996. HCFA also will introduce a code modifier, 'GB', to differentiate medical procedures and services used for the same beneficiaries. The General Accounting Office found that commercial systems similar to the new HCFA system are more accurate in providing Medicare benefits information than the HCFA's old system.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical care, Insurance claims adjustment, Medicare, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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