Tag Archives: Health Policy

2016 IPPS Final Rule Detailed

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http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=QUA&content_id=319241

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule comes with an estimate: One in five hospitals will be penalized with a 1% reduction in MS-DRG payments for all traditional Medicare discharges in FY 2016.

The creepiness factor in healthcare data analytics

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http://www.cio.com/article/2955923/health-analytics/the-creepiness-factor-in-healthcare-data-analytics.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-08-04%20Healthcare%20Dive

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Rural healthcare providers grill Congress over Medicare regulations

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Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, speaks at the Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on rural health.

Providers asked for support of the Medical Relief Act, legislation that would end the 96-hour rule.

Observation status bill sails through Senate

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http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/observation-status-bill-sails-through-senate/2015-07-30?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Legislation would require hospitals to notify Medicare patients when they aren’t admitted as inpatients

Medicare at 50: Is privatization the way to go?

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http://www.philly.com/philly/health/healthcare-exchange/20150719_Medicare_at_50__Is_privatization_the_way_to_go_.html

At the 1965 bill signing, President Johnson hands a pen to former President Harry S. Truman, with Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Bess Truman.

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/is-privatization-the-right-route-for-medicare/402654/

California’s ACA insurance rates to rise an average of 4%

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http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/californias-aca-insurance-rates-to-rise-an-average-of-4/403039/

Housing Is A Prescription For Better Health

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http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/07/22/housing-is-a-prescription-for-better-health/

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http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/housing-homeless-patients-could-cut-inappropriate-er-use-readmissions/2015-07-22

Healthcare lobbies push to include housing as a hospital community benefit

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http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/healthcare-lobbies-push-include-housing-hospital-community-benefit/2015-07-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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