by Randi Pincus | Jan 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Deepak A. Kapoor, MD championed the new law removing coinsurance and copayments for life saving prostate cancer screening. See the News 12 interview here.
by Randi Pincus | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will level payments for outpatient visits regardless of site of service over a 2 year period. There are conflicting opinions about the impact. Dr. Kapoor weighs in during the interview with Urology Times here.
by Randi Pincus | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
In a letter to the editor in Urology Times, Deepak A. Kapoor, MD addressed the conclusions of Borza et al on the issue of financial incentives in fee-for-service medicine impacting clinical decision-making (“IMRT ownership appears to influence PCa treatment,” October...
by Randi Pincus | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2012, the US Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts that makes recommendations to the American public, recommended against routine PSA screening for prostate cancer. Since then, there have been a number of studies showing a significant...
by Randi Pincus | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Changes in the Medicare fee schedule, including plans to pay essentially the same amount for services whether performed in a hospital provider-based department (PBD) or in individual physician offices, were hailed as “significant wins” in a Health Policy Forum at the...
by Randi Pincus | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recent efforts by the nation’s hospital industry illustrate the difficulty of controlling expenditures in the nation’s $700 billion Medicare program. Congress included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), a clear, bipartisan message that, to the extent similar...
