[net-gold] MEDICAL INSURANCE: MEDICARE : MEDICAL INSURANCE: MEDICADE : LAW: LEGISLATION: Senate Bill to Put Physician's Medicare Billing Data Online
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- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
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MEDICAL INSURANCE: MEDICARE :
MEDICAL INSURANCE: MEDICADE :
LAW: LEGISLATION:
Senate Bill to Put Physician's Medicare Billing Data Online
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Senate Bill to Put Physician's Medicare Billing Data Online
Robert Lowes
Medscape Today
April 9, 2011
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/740590
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How much individual physicians receive from Medicare for treating seniors
on a service-by-service basis level-4 office visits, vaccinations, chest
x-rays would be posted online for all to see under a bill introduced
April 7 by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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The 2 senators contend that public disclosure of billing information would
help citizens and consumer watchdog groups spot Medicare fraud, waste, and
abuse and also deter clinicians from engaging in it.
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"I believe transparency in the healthcare system leads to greater
accountability," Sen. Grassley said on the Senate floor. "Ive often quoted
Justice Brandeis, who said, 'Sunlight is the best disinfectant.'"
Accordingly, he and Wyden titled their legislation the Medicare Data
Access for Transparency and Accountability Act.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) counters that physicians deserve
privacy when it comes to Medicare billing. Furthermore, it argues,
government entities charged with combating Medicare fraud, such as the
Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of Health and Human Services, already have access to the data.
The plan to post a physicians National Provider Identifier number along
with the billing information could "put physicians at significant risk of
identity theft," said J. James Rohack, MD, the AMA's immediate past
president.
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The proposed government Web site would contain Medicare billing data for
all providers and suppliers, not just physicians.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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