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2011 CMS e-Prescribing Program: Will You Get Hit with Penalties?

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The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 provides for e-prescribing financial incentives in 2011 and financial penalties in 2012 and 2013. When you successfully e-prescribe and report on 25 patient encounters, you will be eligible to receive a 1% incentive of the total estimated allowed charges for professional services covered by Medicare Part B rendered in 2011. The big news, however, is the payment reductions for those who do not successfully meet e-prescribing reporting requirements that will be applied—1% in 2012 and 1.5% in 2013.

Letters to the Editor

John P. Lavery, MD  |  

Praise for a Different Perspective on Foreign Medical Graduates

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David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD  |  

Medical marketing is an interesting place; beware inaccurate claims

The DMOAD Dream a Generation Later

Jean-Pierre Pelletier, MD, and Johanne Martel-Pelletier, PhD  |  

Few effective treatments for OA have been developed, and the approach to clinical trials might need modifications