The Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) Act, S 1533, was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tom Udall (D-NM), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) yesterday. A companion bill, HR 1542, was introduced in the House earlier this session by Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Diane DeGette (D-CO) on behalf of themselves and 16 other members of the House of Representatives.

The rates physicians are reimbursed under traditional Medicare "act as a strong anchor" for reimbursement in the Medicare Advantage market, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

An advisory committee says the government should redesign the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) if it wants the new payment method for doctors to improve outcomes and reduce costs.

Despite the focus on value-based care, nearly half of physicians have no part of their income tied to quality or outcomes, according to a survey conducted by The Medicus Firm, a physician recruitment company. 

In the era of health-care reform, an increasing number of U.S. hospitals and physician practices are consolidating. 

Providers that want to launch telehealth programs must tackle several challenges to ensure a program is effective. 

A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large share of prescription drug costs in a number of states.

The last few months have been an anxious time in health-care policy with calls to repeal, replace, repair, and delay repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Trees unfolding their blossoms, daffodils shouldering their way out of the ground, bare toes peeping out of sandals and flip-flops, these are sure signs of warmer weather that tempts us to show a little skin to the world. 

Running, walking, being squeezed into tight shoes... Human feet go through a lot, and sometimes they let us know about it – often in the form of bunions. 

Thanks to our summertime penchant for open-backed sandals and flip-flops, cracked heels are a very common problem around this time of year, according to the NHS.

Like many women, I have a love/hate relationship with my shoe collection.

Gout is a form of arthritis that happens when our joints and soft tissues get inflamed due to an excess of uric acid. 

What would we do without our hands and feet? 

As value-based reimbursement leads health-care providers to dig deep for new technologies and create team structures to handle the switch, smaller providers are struggling to cover the costs.

The most common health-care restrictive covenant is a non-competition covenant. 

Whether through a portal or some other type of health information technology (HIT), patient engagement efforts are on the rise. 

Fewer health insurers plan to participate in Obamacare exchanges next year, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.