Let’s All Care about National Caregivers Month. During November, National Caregivers Month, let’s recognize and honor those that care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend. Words cannot capture the deep appreciation felt for those that sacrifice their time, resources and capabilities to care and comfort another. Caregivers are an extension of medical providers’ eyes and

Unburden Patient Care. Now! Administrative burdens interfere with direct patient care. That is what medical practices across the nation expressed in the Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA) Annual Regulatory Burden Survey. This year, MGMA’s survey of over 500 medical practices concluded that “From measuring quality to completing prior authorization requirements, medical practices face mounting regulatory hurdles that interfere with clinical

Calls for Step Therapy Prohibition Continue Earlier this month, nearly 80 organizations, spanning medical specialty societies, patient advocates and caregiver support groups, joined voices AGAIN to tell leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that step therapy policies are harming Medicare’s most vulnerable patients and these practices must be prohibited. Patients and Providers United stands with physicians,

Survey Says? Regulatory burdens divert from patient care. The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) recently released results of a survey and the findings are enough to make patients, providers and caregivers cringe. MGMA’s survey of hundreds of medical practices revealed that over the past year, as health care providers nobly adapted to delivering care during the COVID-19 public health emergency,

The Burden of Cancer A cancer diagnosis inflicts a heavy burden – physically, emotionally and financially. The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer Part 2: Patient Economic Burden Associated With Cancer Care quantifies what patients, providers and caregivers already know: the economic burden that cancer places on a patient and their loved ones is stifling. The

Health Plan as Gatekeeper to Personalized Care When a patient’s health insurance influences the care he or she receives more than the patient’s own physician, does the patient get real-time access to the best treatment for their condition in the most appropriate care delivery setting? Does an administrative middleman at a health plan who has never actually placed hands on