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

Sacred Heart’s former CEO, CFO and COO convicted in kickback scheme

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/sacred-heart-s-former-ceo-cfo-and-coo-convicted-in-kickback-scheme.html

Dollars and Stethescope

BCBS of MA to expand use of global budgets to PPOs

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/bcbs-of-ma-to-expand-use-of-global-budgets-to-ppos/375168/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-03-16%20Healthcare%20Dive