Tag Archives: Medicare
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
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2016
Wachter on Excessive Measurement
Brown & Toland leaves Pioneer ACO, declines to join Next Generation
Company cites upcoming program changes as reason for exiting the program, despite some success in first three years.
Screws Tighten on 340B Program
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HENRY KOTULA 