Cardiologists battle Medicare over payment cuts

Cardiologists battle Medicare over payment cuts

In a striking example of the conflict between controlling healthcare costs and providing quality service, a group of South Miami cardiologists has written a letter to patients complaining that huge cuts in Medicare rates may force many heart specialists out of business or mean reduced services for their patients.


Free EMR comes with strings attached

Free EMR comes with strings attached

Practice Fusion recently announced a free EMR for private practice physicians by permitting pharmaceutical companies to advertise within the EMR and on the web-based patient portal. Concerns of a conflict of interest and of patient privacy has caused many practices to think twice before jumping in.


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