Rural healthcare providers grill Congress over Medicare regulations

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/rural-healthcare-providers-grill-congress-ver-medicare-regulations?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohv6XBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcFnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

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.

Hospice owner gets 3 years in prison, will pay $2.5 million, for faking reports

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hospice-owner-gets-3-years-prison-will-pay-25-million-faking-reports?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohv6XBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcFnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

From 2010 to 2013, Paula Kluding concealed the true medical condition of Prairie View Hospice's patients in order to "pass" a Medicare audit and to fraudulently obtain money from Medicare, according to evidence presented at trial.

From 2010 to 2013, Paula Kluding concealed the true medical condition of Prairie View Hospice’s patients in order to “pass” a Medicare audit and to fraudulently obtain money from Medicare, according to evidence presented at trial.

Observation status bill sails through Senate

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?

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/

Medicare’s potential reimbursement for end-of-life discussion: A big step forward

http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/07/23/medicarea_s_potential_reimbursement_for?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouuKTIZKXonjHpfsXx7uUrWKeg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YsITMV0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEKQ7TYUbFmt6UIXQ%3D%3D

CMS Proposes Mandatory Hospital Participation in New Bundled Payment Program for Hip and Knee Replacements

CMS Proposes Mandatory Hospital Participation in New Bundled Payment Program for Hip and Knee Replacements

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Hospitals say they subsidize graduate medical education, but cost-benefit unknown

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150719/NEWS/307199997/hospitals-say-they-subsidize-graduate-medical-education-but-cos

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/do-teaching-hospitals-profit-graduate-medical-education/2015-07-20?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Bundled Payments’ Disruptive Effects Detailed

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HEP-318510/Bundled-Payments-Disruptive-Effects-Detailed

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Mandatory bundled payments for hip and knee surgeries would shutter one in four skilled nursing facilities and trigger “demand destruction in areas such as diagnostic testing, hospital stays, and avoidable readmissions,” says a former CMS official.