Senate Finance Committee leaders release white paper on Medicare physician pay reform Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, released a white paper May 17 outlining policy concepts regarding pay reform for Medicare physicians. 05/20/2024 - 9:38 am | View Link
Senate Finance Committee tackles Medicare physician pay reform On Friday, the committee released a white paper proposing Medicare adjust doctor reimbursement to account for inflation, a key goal for physician lobbies. 05/20/2024 - 5:12 am | View Link
Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Should Test An Alternative Payment Model For Hospital Nursing The proposed alternative payment model for hospital nursing would eliminate the incentive for hospitals to decrease spending on nursing year over year. 05/20/2024 - 1:17 am | View Link
Senate ramps up push to reform doctors' Medicare pay The Senate Finance Committee is floating ways to overhaul the pay system that has seen relative physician pay decline by a quarter since 2001. 05/19/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare From just four decades ago, the debt skyrocketed from $907 billion to more than $34.5 trillion as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the latest Treasury Department figures. 05/17/2024 - 5:02 am | View Link
Spoiler alert: The Rockies’ bullpen is about as volatile as Colorado’s May weather.
On a night when shortstop Ezequiel Tovar had the first two-homer game of his young career and Cal Quantrill made another terrific start, the Rockies found a way to lose, 5-4, to the Athletics Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum.
After a heartening seven-game winning streak, Colorado has now dropped four straight.
COMMERCE CITY — Evergreen girls soccer was a No. 14 seed entering the state tournament and had not won a championship in 27 years.
But the Cougars clearly didn’t care about either of those factors, running the table to the 2024 Class 4A title that finished with a 2-0 victory over Lutheran on Tuesday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
“Early in the year we had a lot of difficult, testing games that showed us what we weren’t good enough at,” Evergreen head coach Peter Jeans said.
Portland, Maine — An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to explore allegations that police officers arriving without orders created “chaos” during the search for the gunman.
Chairman Daniel Wathen said commissioners intend to address some of the “disturbing allegations” in a report by the Portland Police Department special reaction team.
By PHILIP MARCELO (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand in his own defense.
But despite what Hollywood courtroom dramas might suggest, that isn’t all that unusual, according to criminal defense lawyers and former prosecutors.
The reason is simple: Prosecutors need to prove their case, while the defense only has to show there’s reasonable doubt their client committed a crime.
Most people are familiar with the best things to eat for a healthy heart: vegetables, low-fat dairy, and lean proteins like fish. Some fish like salmon also have the added benefit of being full of omega-3 fatty acids, which are healthy fats that can help to raise good cholesterol and lower triglycerides.
Or so we thought.