The Senate late Tuesday, Dec 18th passed the Medicare, Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Extension Act of 2007 (S. 2499). Today the House of Representatives also passed the bill which replaces the 10.1 percent reduction in Medicare Part B payments scheduled for 2008 with a six-month, 0.5 percent increase. The President is […]
How Computers are Changing Healthcare
In 1994 I wrote an article published in the Medical Practice Management magazine entitled “Computers in Practice”. It was about how computers are changing the way healthcare practices process information. The main topic addressed installing computerized checkbook systems for paying the practice’s payroll and payables. Recently, I pulled the article from my file and was […]