The cost of medical education continues to rise, even during a recessionary economy. While most acknowledge the challenges that our state and the entire nation will face as a result of a physician workforce that cannot meet the health care...
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Late in the evening on March 2, the US Senate approved the House-passed bill that extends unemployment benefits, COBRA, the SGR and other payment and benefit provisions. The bill funds Medicare payments to physicians at the current rate...
As many of our members are aware, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey recently announced changes to the payment for claims submitted using the 25-modifier that will significantly and negatively impact family physicians and their patients...
Once again our nation's fractured health care system sits at the precipice of a potentially decimating cut of 21.2% to Medicare physician payment rates scheduled to take effect on March 1. This cut will not only cripple many family...
The NJAFP has announced its participation in a state-wide pilot created by two trade groups - America’s Health Insurance Plans, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association – designed to reduce the burden on physicians...