{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Recent Medicare Changes and Physician Payment Methods","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ffYZIuaiVa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/recent-medicare-changes-and-physician-payment-methods\/\">Recent Medicare Changes and Physician Payment Methods<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/recent-medicare-changes-and-physician-payment-methods\/embed\/#?secret=ffYZIuaiVa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Recent Medicare Changes and Physician Payment Methods&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"ffYZIuaiVa\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Ralph Z. Levy, Jr. is participating in a webinar hosted by Online Tech, Implications of Recent Medicare Announcements on Trends in Physician Payment Methods, tomorrow, Tuesday August 21, at 2PM ET. Physicians should carefully scrutinize recent announcements by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) of possible future changes in methodologies for payments to physicians and as to possible policy changes and other trends in payments to physicians. Although CMS has indicated that these announcements are all intended to \u201cimprove patient care and lower health care costs,\u201d physicians should be fairly warned that they must meet certain new and tightened criteria to be fully paid for their services. One of the trends that is worth monitoring is an increased emphasis on preventative care as opposed to the treatment of diseases. This trend is evident by CMS\u2019 announcement of a new payment that will start in 2013 for care provided by primary care physicians (PCP\u2019s) to Medicare patients during the first thirty days after discharge from a hospital or nursing home. This payment will be made to a patient\u2019s community physician or practitioner for the coordination of care of the discharged patient and likely is consistent with the Affordable Care...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ralphlevy.png"}