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Payment and Delivery System Reform in Medicare: A Primer on Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations, and Bundled Payments
Coming this spring: CMS’ MIPS payment model details
51 hospitals reach $23M settlement as DOJ concludes cardiac device investigation
Dartmouth Atlas: Evidence-based, Coordinated Care for Seniors Elusive
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Three areas where the use of evidence-base care is particularly lacking are prostate cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and feeding tube placement for Medicare recipients with advanced dementia.
AHA Slams CMS for ‘Unlawful’ Two-Midnight Rule Pay Reduction
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The American Hospital Association is highly critical of CMS’s decision to reduce IPPS payments as a result of implementing the two-midnight rule, with the organization seeking more information on the cut.
CMS gives healthcare 6 years to repay Medicare overpayments in final rule
The proposed rule mandating providers be on the hook for overpayments going back 10 years faced still opposition.
A Voter’s Guide To The Health Law Chatter
Legislators take aim at Stark law in light of value-based payment changes
Representatives and senators seek input on self-referral laws
HENRY KOTULA 