Deadly Infections Drive Billions in Hospital Bills to Medicare

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-03/deadly-infections-drive-billions-in-hospital-bills-to-medicare?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-04%20Healthcare%20Dive

Precision Medicine

Complex observation-status rules complicate patient care

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/complex-observation-status-rules-complicate-patient-care/2015-04-21

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The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MedPageTodayat10/Medicareat50/50718?isalert=1&uun=g885344d3819R7095614u&utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2015-03-31

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.