Bruce Siegel news and information

Three leading public health organizations have announced plans to partner in a project aimed at helping the nation's healthcare providers prepare for the 2014 expansion of Medicaid coverage.
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The nation's healthcare providers quickly weighed in on the sweeping immigration bill that the Senate passed on Thursday, with some applauding the measure's healthcare workforce provisions and others criticizing the bill for not addressing healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants and their...
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After an 18-month brand evaluation, the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems has changed its name to America's Essential Hospitals.
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Dr. Steven Stack, American Medical Association board chairman, gave a spirited defense of physicians and a sharp, but balanced critique of electronic health-record systems at a federal “listening” session Friday on EHRs and their potential for use in billing fraud.
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Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber topped this year's list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.
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The nation's largest public hospital system is ripping a page from the CMS' playbook, linking incentive payments to physicians' performance on quality indicators and, in the process, trying to shore up its ability to capture revenue under new federal programs.
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While public hospitals can expect another challenging year operationally, Dr. Bruce Siegel, president and CEO of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, says there might be some good news ahead.
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President Barack Obama has signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which continues current Medicare payment rates for the nation's physicians through Dec. 31, 2013.
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The House late Tuesday approved the Senate's last-minute fiscal cliff package that staves off a sharp Medicare physician pay cut by cutting billions from other Medicare providers.
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