John C. Rother, policy director of AARP, said the cuts in Medicare payments to doctors were "an unintended consequence" of the payment formula.
Increased efforts are needed to improve the interoperability of the patient databases and to keep the negative consequences of the bundled payment system in check.
Most of these studies were international comparisons or consisted of research that described the consequences of changes to the payment system.
Will priorities of physicians, policy makers and healthcare executives converge or diverge as a consequence of the new payment systems?
Although the adoption of one type of cashless payment will affect another type of cashless payment in the short run, the consequences of adopting cashless payment on economic growth can only be significantly observed in the long run.
Remember that there are laws to protect you from unreasonable debt collection measures (harassment, threatening speech, etc).. Always think about the consequences of late payment, and customize your priorities around special circumstances.
While there may not be room for a business to argue that a disgorgement payment is restitution under New Section 162(f), businesses negotiating with the SEC should nevertheless evaluate the tax consequences of any payment before a settlement is finalized and consider settling related private claims early.
School districts are already suffering the consequences of late payments from the state, forcing schools across Illinois to shutter programs and fire teachers.
The consequences of payment card fraud are much more pernicious than the annoyance of updating your Amazon account.
In Germany, the readmission policy aims to avoid unintended consequences of the introduction of DRG-based payment; it focuses on readmissions of individual patients and hospitals receive only one DRG-based payment for both the initial and the re-admission.
"The consequences of missing a payment in bankruptcy are a lot less severe than the consequences outside of bankruptcy," said Gary Ford, a former general counsel for the pension agency who is now a managing principal at the Groom Law Group.
