Within three years, the Obama administration wants quality of care to be considered in allocating nine of every 10 Medicare dollars

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/medicare-penalizes-330-large-medical-groups?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.

 

Medicare Payments to Doctors

http://www.c-span.org/video/?325041-1/nathaniel-weixel-doc-fix-bill&elq=ea1be2ae832b4329b9acdc028078e686&elqCampaignId=453&elqaid=787&elqat=1&elqTrackId=ffc6f2bd41f34a1bb43a157db564c343

House Chamber

The ACA reminded us how little we know about long-run Medicare spending

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/03/20-aca-medicare-long-run-spending-sheiner?hs_u=henrykotula@yahoo.com&utm_campaign=brookings-comm&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16723961&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–I1inTKFgYiH77mwwGuLAy8RR2Xp2ITluP0Sw9p68shfEJndoFmCXLLpDuDlP1O6diE5ym7TVg0KyxqNXp0NnX6Q_JzA&_hsmi=16723961

Are Hospitals Are Robbing Us Blind?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/03/america_s_hospitals_our_system_lets_big_hospitals_charge_exorbitant_prices.single.html

Hospital complex.