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Work, practice expense and liability relative value units (RVUs) are updated annually through Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rulemaking. Many services see significant impacts due to the reduced conversion factor adjustment required by law to offset increases in other areas or other formulaic changes, such as increases in pricing of clinical staff labor. The ACC has created a Physician Fee Schedule Calculator that allows clinicians and practice managers to estimate the practice impact of changes included in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule and related addenda. Over time, the goal of the tool is to help facilitate a thorough understanding of impacts from one year to the next. 

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(NPR) - Insured or not, one in five said they couldn't get treated for serious illness, while preventive and elective procedures were neglected. Disruptions in care hit Black and Native Americans the hardest.

(Healthcare IT News) - Intermountain has earned a Press Ganey Top Box Score of more than 80% for its scheduled video visit service, with patients requesting more digital engagement as they learn about the option.

(STAT News) - In recent years, many health care professionals have been confronting the challenging chapters of their institutions’ history, as societies more broadly grapple with how to deal with past institutional trauma.

(HealthLeaders Media) - Automation has become commonplace in the revenue cycle, and as leaders look to remedy staffing issues, adding technology may be more important than ever.

(STAT News) - Millions of patients in the Medicare program could eventually see lower prescription drug costs if Democrats pass their latest drug pricing plan into law.

(The Hill) - Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday night that he is going to bring a $35 cap on patients’ insulin costs back up for a vote this fall after Republicans blocked it over the weekend.

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(Healio) - Several health provisions guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act have been widely popular among the American people and saved countless lives ever since this landmark piece of legislation was enacted into law.

(MedPage Today) - Customer service reps at federal contractor say sick time, break policies need to change

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(Medscape) - Patients prescribed medicines for asymptomatic conditions are far less likely to be adherent than those prescribed medicines for symptomatic conditions, according to a retrospective analysis.

(Health Exec) - Drug manufacturer Pfizer confirmed its plans to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics for the purchase price of $5.4 billion.

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