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Submit 2023 MIPS Data by April 1 to Avoid Medicare Pay Cut
The data submission portal for Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) recently opened to eligible clinicians for the 2023 performance year. Make sure to submit your data by the deadline to avoid a pay cut of up to 9%. Read more
Heart to Heart’s Feature, Past BCMS President: Dr. Robert Francis Gosset
Heart to Heart featured an article about Dr. Robert F. Gosset’s upbringing, achievements, and contributions in their 50th anniversary’s first edition. Click here to learn more about Dr. Gosset’s BCMS Presidency, Contributions to the Community, Impressive Resume, and more.
Alzheimer's Blood Test Could Be Used to Screen Even Before Symptoms
Research found blood tests screening for a protein called phosphorylated tau “accurately identified” biological Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which included 786 participants, indicated Alzheimer’s disease could be detected using these blood tests instead of costly brain scans. Continue reading
Most US Adults Fail to Recognize Heart Disease as Leading Killer of Americans
Despite being the leading cause of death in the US for more than a century, more than half of the respondents to a 2023 survey conducted on behalf of the American Heart Association (AHA) failed to identify heart disease as the leading killer of US adults, according to the AHA’s 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics report. Read more
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