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President Donald Trump outlined five principles he wants to see enacted for healthcare reform during a speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening.

Visit http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-outlines-5-principles-for-healthcare-reform/437171/ to view the full article online.

 
CMS is giving physicians, group practices, qualified registries, and qualified vendors until March 13, 2017, to submit EHR date for the 2016 PRQS reporting period.

Editor’s note: See APMA’s news coverage of the delay.

Visit https://ehrintelligence.com/news/cms-extends-ehr-reporting-deadline-for-pqrs-to-march-13 to view the full article online.

 
A group of provider organizations and state medical societies led by the American Medical Association has asked federal health officials to delay 2015 EHR certification requirements at least one year to avoid disrupting physician practices.

Editor’s Note: Review APMA’s EHR resources for more information on purchasing an EHR system.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ehr/provider-groups-call-hhs-to-delay-ehr-certification to view the full article online.

 
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An intervention that included standardized communication, standardized rounding and monthly feedback was associated with an improvement in patients’ perception of physician communication as measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, according to a recently published study in the American Journal of Medical Quality. 

Visit http://www.healio.com/family-medicine/practice-management/news/online/%7Bb913e068-f886-4128-8eb9-035835b6e5c5%7D/strategies-to-improve-patient-physician-communication to view the full article online.

 
At HIMSS17, CMS leaders took the stage to ease provider concerns about the newly launched Quality Payment Program and its more popular value-based reimbursement track, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Editor’s note: Learn more about MIPS http://www.apma.org/macra.

Visit http://revcycleintelligence.com/news/exploring-mips-advancing-care-info-improvement-activities to view the full article online.

 
What Patients are Reading
Many Republican leaders have promoted the idea that consumers should have a "health care backpack," which would make it possible to take insurance from job to job or when moving, starting a business or retiring.

Visit http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/28/517720563/what-if-you-could-take-it-with-you-health-insurance-that-is to view the full article online.

 
As a fitness editor, I run around New York as part of my job testing out new classes and working out with trainers from all over the country. 

Visit http://www.self.com/story/how-likely-am-i-to-catch-athletes-foot to view the full article online.

 
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Many health conditions – conditions that you didn’t know you had – can be identified by an examination of your feet. When symptoms occur in the foot, they can identify a potential medical issue. 

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Even if you walk as little as three times a week for 30 minutes at a time, a good pair of walking shoes is a great investment.

Editor's note: The Seal Turns 50 in 2017! Recommend APMA Seal products to your patients.

Visit https://www.noozhawk.com/article/how_to_find_the_right_walking_shoes_20170225 to view the full article online.

 
When most physicians think of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), their immediate thought is a data breach.

Editor’s note: APMA provides HIPAA Privacy and Security Manuals for members on APMA.org.

Visit http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/watch-out-these-hipaa-violations-online-reviews to view the full article online.

 
Proactive tax planning is crucial for medical practices and their owners as compensation changes and compliance and overhead costs cut deeper into profits. 

Visit http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/tax-planning-tips-physicians to view the full article online.

 
If you were to stop and take a hard look at your practice, would you see annoyed patients sitting for too long in the waiting room? 

Visit http://www.renalandurologynews.com/practice-management/doctors-office-workflow-physician-practice-tips/article/639766/ to view the full article online.

 
There probably has never been a generation that, in middle age, didn’t look with some judgment on the group following in its footsteps. 

Visit http://www.healio.com/optometry/practice-management/news/blogs/%7Be6b77dd8-9b0e-4339-aa4b-a7c453b44a3b%7D/john-a-hovanesian-md-facs/blog-millennial-doctors-offer-valuable-assets to view the full article online.

 
Value-based payment arrangements are confusing and concerning to many physicians. 

Visit http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/physician-compensation/7-reasons-join-payers-value-based-payment-plan to view the full article online.

 
Two studies analyzed the link between burnout rates and physicians' calling to medicine, Medscape reports. 

Visit http://www.beckersasc.com/leadership-management/physician-burnout-may-correlate-to-sense-of-calling-8-findings.html to view the full article online.

 
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