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Tag Archives: Medicare
Transitional care poised to increase impact on health insurance
Transitional care, a new Medicare billing category as of 2013, is about to see a new form of action thanks to California-based Global Transitional Care, the country’s first Medicare-approved, third-party transitional care provider dedicated exclusively to this service.
Providers opting out of Medicare bundled payments
Patient Notification of Observation Status is Now Law
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Under new federal law, Medicare patients who have been in the hospital for more than 24 hours will be required to be notified of their status within 36 hours of when they start receiving medical services as an outpatient.
What healthcare executives should know about ICD-10
Despite efforts by critics to stave off the transition to the ICD-10 coding system, the mandated October 1, 2015 deadline became a near certainty when the American Medical Association (AMA) signaled a cooperative arrangement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in early July to assist practitioners in making the switch.
CMS delays enforcement of ‘two-midnight’ rule again
2016 IPPS Final Rule Detailed
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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.
Half Of Nation’s Hospitals Fail Again To Escape Medicare’s Readmission Penalties
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Once again, the majority of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients frequently return within a month of discharge — this time losing a combined $420 million, government records show.
Do Medicare Advantage plans pay providers different rates than traditional Medicare?–ctd.
Do Medicare Advantage plans pay providers different rates than traditional Medicare?–ctd.
Contemplating health care with a focus on research, an eye on reform
Medicare at 50: Medical education funding faces physician shortage problems
HENRY KOTULA 