For all the excitement, STAT has found, plans for the march are plagued by infighting among organizers, attacks from outside scientists who don't feel their interests are fairly represented, and operational disputes.
In its fifth annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey, Stoltenberg Consulting, which specializes in healthcare IT, revealed 64 percent of healthcare providers indicated they were "unprepared," or "very unprepared" for MACRA, even as the first quarter in the initial MACRA reporting year nears.
Physicians are waiting longer and longer to meet and treat new patients, according to a newly released study from physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins. Results show it takes 30 percent longer to schedule a new patient appointment in 15 major metropolitan areas compared to 2014.
As the debate to repeal the law heats up in Congress, constituents are flooding their representatives with notes of support or concern, and the lawmakers are responding.