Law & Malpractice

Richard Payerchin is associate editor of Medical Economics.

Articles

$1.7 trillion spending plan will have effects across health care sector.

2023 Federal budget: The long and short of it

 has 20 years of legal experience focused exclusively on asset protection, risk management and wealth preservation. He helps protect a national client base with more than $6 billion in personal assets, including several thousand physicians. He is a contributing author to multiple books for physicians, a Physicians Practice contributor for over a decade and a frequent national CME presenter. Learn more at 

You protect yourself against medical malpractice, but are you protected against medical board complaints?

Most read 2022: What you need to know about medical board complaints

Lawmakers tout spending plan, but medical groups respond with ‘dismay,’ say seniors’ health will be at risk.

Budget bill cuts Medicare reimbursements

An exclusive interview with MGMA’s man in D.C.

MGMA 2022: What’s up in Washington D.C.?

COVID-19 pandemic conditions get better, but more red tape blocks care for patients.

MGMA 2022: Regulatory burdens growing for physicians, survey says

MGMA’s man in Washington, D.C. gives his rundown of what the organization is keeping an eye on with prior authorizations and telehealth.

MGMA 2022: Washington update for medical practices

Kristine Thurston Toppe is Assistant Vice President of State Affairs at the 

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

. NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.

Rachel Harrington, PhD, is a Research Scientist at NCQA. NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.

Why state efforts to improve health equity matter.

How states can utilize quality measurement to reduce health disparities 

MGMA's man in Washington D.C. gives his update on their lobbying efforts.

Prior authorizations and MedPAC recommendations: MGMA’s view

Physicians groups, analysts, have praised insurance premium subsidies, Medicare drug cost caps.

Healthcare Policy