Tag Archives: Medicare
Bundled Payments’ Disruptive Effects Detailed
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HEP-318510/Bundled-Payments-Disruptive-Effects-Detailed
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.
Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
Healthcare providers earn billions in EHR incentives, see which state has the most
Hospitals fire back at GAO study faulting 340B program
http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hospitals-fire-back-at-gao-study-faulting-340b-program/402011/
Hospitals and the HHS are questioning GAO findings that hospitals serving high numbers of low- income patients abuse a federal drug discount via the 340B Drug Pricing Program by overprescribing medications.
CMS proposes paying for end-of-life planning in new draft rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released a draft of Medicare’s first physician payment rule that would reimburse physicians for providing end-of-life counseling.
Meaningful Use Program: Why it failed and how to save it
Mayo Makes Case for Medicare Reimbursement for Telemedicine
Lawyer: Fraud crackdown on physicians ramping up, so be prepared
The healthcare industry is now getting the scrutiny that financial institutions and other publicly traded companies have experienced.
CMS to soften two-midnight rule, allow for exceptions
CMS is proposing that physicians be able to make case-by-case exceptions to the rule, classifying certain short stays as inpatient so that they would be paid under Medicare Part A.
HENRY KOTULA 