Year: 2018
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Children’s Insurance, Other Health Programs Funded — For Now — In Bill
The bill passed by Congress in late December to keep most of the federal government funded for another month also provided a temporary reprieve to a number of health programs in danger of running out of money, most notably the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. Funding for CHIP technically expired Oct. 1. States have…
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Now Available: CMS Data Submission System for Clinicians in the Quality Payment Program
CMS Launches New Data Submission System for Clinicians in the Quality Payment Program On Tuesday, Jan. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a new data submission system for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program. Clinicians can now submit all of their 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System data through one platform on…
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The Many Hats of Richard Freeman, M.D.
OPELIKA — Dr. Richard Freeman’s office at Pediatric Associates of Auburn (which includes Drs. Ellen Royal, Rian Anglin and Katie Wolter) overlooks beautiful woods where wild turkeys have been known to roam. Inside his office are keepsakes of his past from photos of his time in the U.S. Navy to an identical propeller from a…