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- Stark Law: The 27-year-old act killing healthcare reform before it can begin?
- OIG’s Recommendations for Medicare Part B Ambulance Transports
- The OIG and Physician Compensation
- Health IT proves its prowess in New York
- Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges Employees With Proof of Medicare Fraud At Skilled Nursing Facilities To Call Them About Reward Programs
- Top Ten Health Law Issues for Physicians, Health Systems and Providers in 2014
See all stories on this topic » - CMS call: Latest HealthCare.gov glitch resolved, Obama administration says
See all stories on this topic » - CMS now transmitting Medicaid applications from HealthCare.gov to some states
- CMS: Enrollment Data Error Rates Reduced to Nearly Zero
- Thousands of HealthCare.gov sign-ups never made it to insurers
- CMS releases 2014 Medicare DMEPOS fee schedule
See all stories on this topic » - CMS looking for small businesses to support Medicare, Medicaid functions
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Plans to Modernize and Update the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
See all stories on this topic » - United States: CMS Delays Meaningful Use Implementation
- RadNet Announces the Estimated Impact on 2014 Revenue From Changes in the Recently Announced Medicare Fee Schedules
- Federal panel recommends delaying KanCare expansion
- Disabilities council urges delay of KanCare carve-in
- Washington Debrief: Stage 3 Delay Changes No Requirements in 2014
- The Limits of Medical Care
See all stories on this topic » - IT Supporting the Business of Open Payments
- Healthcare.gov Fully Operating Again After Scheduled Repairs
- Health care center deserves applause, support
- Inslee proposal would open mental health procurement to private sector competition
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Identifies 97 Best And 95 Worst Hospitals For Hip And Knee Replacements
- How Medicare Subsidizes Doctor Training
- Medicare’s Graduate Medical Education Spending Imbalanced
See all stories on this topic » - Doctor shortage hasn’t hurt Medicare yet
- Cutting Medicare not the answer
- RadNet Announces the Estimated Impact on 2014 Revenue From Changes in the Recently Announced Medicare Fee Schedules
- MedPAC pushes for site-neutral Medicare payments
See all stories on this topic » - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Plans to Modernize and Update the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
See all stories on this topic - ATA: Medicare Coverage for Telehealth Services Advanced by Senate Panel
- More diabetics likely to join Medicare rolls in coming years, report says
- Letter: ACA has no effect on Medicare recipients’ care
- Tax Planning for the New Medicare Taxes Before Year-end<
- Suppose Medicare Negotiated Like This? See all stories on this topic »
- CMS releases 2014 Medicare DMEPOS fee schedule
See all stories on this topic » - Hospitals Fight Budget’s Medicare Cuts
- EMSA prevails on appeal of Medicare audit
- What Senior Citizens Need to Know About Medicare in 2014
- Can You Save on Medicare Premiums?
- Commentary: Affordable Care Act will reach a ‘tipping point’ when as popular as Medicare
- Next in Tech: App Helps Patients Track Care
- CMS looking for small businesses to support Medicare, Medicaid functions
- Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare Partner with Healthways to Provide SilverSneakers(R) Fitness Program Through 2016
- Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges Employees With Proof of Medicare Fraud At Skilled Nursing Facilities To Call Them About Reward Programs
- Letters: Budget deal hurts Medicare providers
- Effects of Obamacare on Medicare already visible
- Why the truth about Obamacare is hard to find
- When roles were reversed, Democrats helped fix Medicare Part D: PennLive letters
See all stories on this topic » - Three things we learned from today’s Obamacare update
- Boucher supports judge’s United HealthCare decision
See all stories on this topic » - It’s official – living on the Coast is good for your health
- Better With Age: One question is crucial if you’re hospitalized
- Insurance information session for small businesses to be held
- Federal Panel Suggests KanCare Delay
- HHS vows it will be ready for Dec. 23 insurance deadline
See all stories on this topic » - Study: drugstore networks save money
See all stories on this topic » - Miami Neuroscience Center Awarded AvMed’s Medicare High Performance Network Designation for 2014
- Doctor admits to homeless patient kickbacks
See all stories on this topic » - Citigroup: Non-Profit Hospital Bonds Still Hold Potential
- Reform Update: Specialty physicians make inroads into medical homes
- Govt funds cheaper Botox for migraine
- AAFP, Others Call on Congress to Extend Parity Program
See all stories on this topic » - Health $164m over drawn
- Nord letter: Mead right to reject expansion
- Next in Tech: App Helps Patients Track Care
- First Edition: December 17, 2013
- Feds Win Crucial Motions in Two High-Stakes Stark Cases
- United States: CMS Finalizes Proposed Expansion To Reimbursement For Telehealth Services
- Unsuccessful eRx participants face payment changes
- HHS Contractors Conference: ‘The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly’
- Readmission Rates Fall Nationwide, Across North Texas
- Healthcare’s Story Of The Year For 2013 – Pricing Transparency
- Medicare fix for ambulance providers sought
See all stories on this topic » - How Medicare Helps You Stay Healthy
- Jim Miller: Learn how Medicare covers Alzheimer’s disease
- Health costs mount for Medicare recipient
- Hospitals fight budget deal’s Medicare cuts
- Government, health care professionals address concerns about Affordable Care Act
- Schumer wants to prevent cuts in Medicare to ambulance services
- Are you paying too much for your Medicare supplement insurance?
- Marshall letter: Obamacare robbing Medicar
- The Washington Post on Medicare eye drugs
- Dean Baker | The End of the Assault on Social Security and Medicare
- Retirement Planner: When rising health care costs hit home
See all stories on this topic » - 3 questions with Kevin Sexton about Maryland’s Medicare waiver
- Medicare Payment Transparency Provisions Advancing
- Ensuring access to care for state seniors
- Last call for those who need to find a new health insurance plan by Jan. 1
- Republicans buck the purity police
- The Medicaid Scam
- Readmission Rates Fall Nationwide, Across North Texas
- Sheriff Of Wall Street’ Preet Bharara Charges Russian Diplomats With Medicare Fraud
- ReAdmission Solutions launches pilot with Independence Blue Cross to prevent hospital readmissions
See all stories on this topic » - Retirement Benefit Changes for 2014
- An alternative treatment for depression
See all stories on this topic » - Dr. Melgen’s patients see him as “godsend”
- Half of psychiatrists reject insurance clients
- Monroe Hospital gets recognized
- Health partners in recovery
- 7 Things for ASC Leaders to Know for Monday
- Integrated Database Systems Releases Mobile Platform for Generations Homecare System
- Enzi offers solutions to expand access to doctors, reduce burdens, improve doc payments
- Reed and Welch laud provision in House-passed budget agreement that protects rural hospitals and communities
- Insurance should not rule over drugs: My Word
- United States: CMS Finalizes Proposed Expansion To Reimbursement For Telehealth Services
- Healthcare’s Story Of The Year For 2013 – Pricing Transparency
- Take long view on health reform
See all stories on this topic » - Another View: Obamacare hinders medical innovation and possible cure
- Before The Prescription, Ask About Your Doctor’s Finances
- Dial a Local Doctor limits its hours of operation
See all stories on this topic » - Humana names Hilzinger to become next chairma
- Dec. 19: CMS webinar on Administrative Simplification
- Anatomy of Karmanos-McLaren deal
- US Dropped the Ball on 15,000 Obamacare Enrollees
See all stories on this topic » - Thousands of Healthcare.Gov Users Submitted Insurance Applications Went Nowhere
- Exclusive: Thousands of HealthCare.gov sign-ups didn’t make it to insurers
See all stories on this topic » - Are you sure you’re insured?
- Medicare Locals may be scrapped under review
See all stories on this topic » - Long-sought Medicare change could help Sonoma County doctors, patients
- Medicare Advantage Plans on chopping block
- Prescription drug use among Medicare patients highly inconsistent
- Better With Age: One question is crucial if you’re hospitalized
See all stories on this topic » - Beware scammers out to get your numbers
- Taking care of business is as easy as signing onto website
- Market Wrap-Up for Dec. 13 – Setting Yourself Up for Success in Retirement
- Avoiding a Roth Conversion Tax Surprise
- Income inequality hurts in many ways
- NY Pharmacy Owner Busted For Fraud Scheme
- Enzi offers solutions to expand access to doctors, reduce burdens, improve doc payments
- The biggest losers
- Valley Voice: Rep. Raul Ruiz standing up for our caregivers
- Dem super-PAC hits Cassidy on shutdown
See all stories on this topic » - D.C. Week: Congress Moves SGR Repeal Ahead
See all stories on this topic » - A bipartisan deal to help save the military-industrial complex from sequester cuts
- Op-Ed: US budget deal helps save defense budget from sequester cuts
- Dr. Sherman wrong about expansion of Medicaid
- Are you ready for single-payer health care system?
- Sen. Mike Lee Fears Obamacare Will Lead to Superior European Single-Payer Government Health Care (Video)
- TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH
- Whether doctors are wrongly prescribing drug is in eye of beholder
- House Introduces Bill to Delay Two-Midnight Rule
- Health Care Web Contractor Agrees to Release Documents to Congress
See all stories on this topic » - Retirement Planner: When rising health care costs hit home
- Roll Call for the week of Dec. 16
- Op-Ed: US budget deal helps save defense budget from sequester cuts
See all stories on this topic » - This time they really mean it: CMS to host Jimmo ‘Open Door’ conference call Thursday
- Senator wants rural health, telehealth included in SGR repeal
See all stories on this topic » - Change in critical access could cripple rural hospitals
- Number of the Week: Half of U.S. Lives in Household Getting Benefits
See all stories on this topic » - Politics color governors’ decisions on Medicaid
See all stories on this topic » - Robert J. Fisher: Affordable Care Act gives uninsured a chance for health insurance
- Exclusive: Thousands of HealthCare.gov sign-ups didn’t make it to insurers
- Federal agency urges KanCare expansion delay
- Social Security shouldn’t be a scare tactic
- READER SUBMITTED: Qualidigm Home Health Experts First In Connecticut To Achieve Consultant Certification
- Feds could change PPACA deadlines again
See all stories on this topic » - Griswold selectmen OK tentative pact with ambulance group
- Anatomy of Karmanos-McLaren deal
See all stories on this topic » - New CMS innovation chief aims to move the national needle on quality, costs
- This time they really mean it: CMS to host Jimmo ‘Open Door’ conference call Thursday
- Federal agency urges KanCare expansion delay
- Medicaid waiver requests: Speeding enrollment and rescuing hospitals
See all stories on this topic » - Roadmap Helps States Speed Medicaid Enrollment
See all stories on this topic » - OIG to Review Troubled Rollout of HealthCare.gov
- After major bungling, White House seems oddly reluctant to fire those responsible: Washington Post opinion
See all stories on this topic » - Federal Regulators Say Networks Are ‘Adequate’
- MedPAC pushes for site-neutral Medicare payments
- Darrell Issa says HHS is pressuring contractors over subpoenas
See all stories on this topic » - Darrell Issa says HHS is pressuring contractors over subpoenas
- Feds could change PPACA deadlines again
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare’s homecare cuts hit sick, elderly
- Explaining Obamacare: A Guide for the Perplexed
- House Introduces Bill to Delay Two-Midnight Rule
- Medicare pays full price for half-empty vials of medicine
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare’s Hospital Compare Introduces Information on Deadly Hospital Infections
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Part D saving Hoosiers’ lives
- Medicare Helps You Stay Healthy
See all stories on this topic » - Chronic Illness, Disability Mean Medicare Access Problems
- Few Psychiatrists Take Advantage Of Medicare EHR Incentives
- Preserving Medicare Part D is a win-win
See all stories on this topic » - Is ‘Entitlements’ the Best Word for Social Security and Medicare?
- In Rare Bipartisan Moves, Congress May Remedy Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ In 2014
See all stories on this topic » - House Passes Budget Deal Extending Medicare Sequester Cuts; Three-Month “Doc Fix”
- Help older people make medical, Medicare, money decisions
- House Passes Budget Deal Extending Medicare Sequester Cuts; Three-Month “Doc Fix”
- Florida group joins in lawsuit protesting AARP Medicare network cuts
See all stories on this topic » - 3-Month ‘SGR Fix’ Passes House
See all stories on this topic » - Budget Bill Would Stall Medicare Pay Cut, Raise Physician Pay 0.5%
- Beware the unintended consequences of across-the-board cuts
- Hackensack ACO earns prestigious honor
See all stories on this topic » - Partners HealthCare hit by $79M Medicare charge, Cooley loss
- Evidence of savings in accountable care organizations and cancer care
- 3 questions with Kevin Sexton about Maryland’s Medicare waiver
- Local hospitals seek 4.9 percent rate increases
See all stories on this topic » - MedPAC Considers Inpatient, Outpatient, Long-Term Care Hospital Pay Changes for 2015
See all stories on this topic » - For Top Earners, a Bigger Tax Bite This Year
See all stories on this topic » - A Health Care Mystery Explained
See all stories on this topic » - Humana, Inc. (HUM) To Return Free Cash Flow To Investors By 2015
- Budget Deal, With 3-Month ‘Doc Fix’ Moves To Senate
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- Demand the Truth About Obamacare
- Kildee legislation wrapped into Ryan-Murray budget agreement would benefit McLaren Bay Special Care hospital
- House Approves Bipartisan Budget Deal That Includes ‘Doc Fix’
See all stories on this topic » - Evidence of savings in accountable care organizations and cancer care
- Health On The Hill: Congress Moves Closer To Changing How Medicare Pays Doctors
- House GOP appear to be warming to $85 billion budget deal
See all stories on this topic » - House budget tweak costs N.Y. hospitals millions
- HHS to Reevaluate Ban on Gender-Confirming Surgeries
- Senator addresses insurance company’s physician cuts
- D-SNP Groups Say New Studies Show CMS Stars System Discriminates Against Them (with Table: Distribution of MA Contracts’ Star…
- House, Senate committees approve ‘doc fix’ legislation
See all stories on this topic » - Manhattan U.S. Attorney, FBI, and IRS Announce Charges Against Pharmacy Owner in Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Scheme
See all stories on this topic » - Reform Update: Doubt surfaces over SGR fix
- The Vent for Dec. 13
- Advocacy group reacts to House budget agreement
- Hospitals and Doctors: Blindsided, Bewildered, and Beleaguered
See all stories on this topic » - Mason surgeon facing fraud charges flees U.S.
See all stories on this topic » - Temporary injunction stands in United Health suit
See all stories on this topic » - The Affordable Care Act and preventive health services
- Medicare Advantage program facing cuts
- Free Preventive Services Draws Over 25 Million Seniors, Others in Original Medicare
- Medicare names best, worst hospitals for knee, hip replacements
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare identifies 97 best and 95 worst hospitals for hip and knee replacements
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Reveals Seniors’ Mail Order Pharmacy Nightmares
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Allowing Specialty Society Registries To Submit Quality Data to PQRS
- More than 25 million Original Medicare Beneficiaries Received Free Preventive Services Through November 2013
- Three metro hospitals on Medicare list of worst for hip and knee replacements
See all stories on this topic » - Schumer wants to prevent cuts in Medicare to ambulance services
- Chiropractors get reimbursement hike
- Newly endorsed quality measure assesses Medicare costs for a whole episode of care
- Labor Senator says job cuts likely after Federal Government’s Medicare Locals review
- GAO: Focus on quality, efficiency in Medicare clinical data registry program
See all stories on this topic » - Mitch McConnell Guns for Social Security and Medicare as a Reward for the Suck Budge
- The Herbst Device by Respire Medical is FDA Cleared and Now Medicare PDAC Approved
- Florham Park Doc Admits Receiving $6K in Kickbacks for Referrals
See all stories on this topic » - N.J. doctor is 15th conviction in MRI kickback scheme, authorities say
- Editorial: Medicare-funded end-of-life planning benefits everyone
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Adds Payment For Chronic Management Services To Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- Medicare Q&A: How Medicare helps you stay healthy
See all stories on this topic » - 4 Questions to Ask About Your Health-Care Costs in Retirement
- Government seeks health website tech help
See all stories on this topic » - Grassley Pushing To Include Pharmacists In Accountable Care Organizations
- BRIEF-CVS Caremark CFO says expects CMS ban on Medicare part d to be lifted in Q1 2014
- Undocumented immigrant sentenced for Social Security fraud
- Morning Break: GSK Halts the Gravy Train
See all stories on this topic » - Reduced reimbursement for imaging may negatively impact patient outcomes
- Health briefs
- GUEST VIEW: The high cost of free care
- Alexander, Corker To Vote Against Budget Agreement
See all stories on this topic » - MedPAC recommends reimbursement freeze for hospice providers
See all stories on this topic » - Half of Psychiatrists Reject Health Insurance
See all stories on this topic » - Eligible professionals face payment adjustments in 201
- Insurers object to charity helping poor buy health coverage
- Remembering the day Dr. O’Flaherty’s Volkswagen became a hennery
- Telehealth Amendments Added to Bill To Permanently Repeal SGR
See all stories on this topic »/li> - Merge Pinned at Neutral – Analyst Blog
See all stories on this topic » - Millions Save on Prescriptions and Get No-Cost Preventive Services
See all stories on this topic » - Millions Save on Prescriptions and Get No-Cost Preventive Services
- Psychiatrists Less Likely to Accept Health Insurance, Study Finds
See all stories on this topic » - BESLER Consulting Releases a Comprehensive Summary of the 2014 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule
- Beaumont in Troy named one of nation’s top 50 cardiovascular hospitals
See all stories on this topic » - CMS NEWS
See all stories on this topic » - GAO report says CMS’ rule on quality reporting system may be too vague
- CMS: Eligible professionals face payment adjustments in 201
- AmerisourceBergen Enhances Partnership With Good Neighbor Pharmacy Network to Improve CMS Star Measure Results for Community Pharmacy
- CMS to Create Chief Risk Officer Role
See all stories on this topic » - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Allowing Specialty …
- BRIEF-CVS Caremark CFO says expects CMS ban on Medicare part d to be lifted in Q1 2014
- United States: CMS Extends Start Date For Stage 3 Of Meaningful Use To 2017 Without Extending Timeline For Stage 2
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Reveals Seniors’ Mail Order Pharmacy Nightmares
- Obamacare Countdown: One Week to First Major Enrollment Deadline
See all stories on this topic » - Carney Won’t Provide Number Of Young Adults Enrolled In Obamacare
>See all stories on this topic » - Parallel Review Expands. But Will It Get More Participants?
- U.S. judge finds against Blossom South
See all stories on this topic » - Insured Americans Blame Obamacare for Higher Premiums
- Reduced reimbursement for imaging may negatively impact patient outcomes
- Ophthalmic ASCs Sidestep Cumbersome Reporting Requirements
- More than 25 Million Original Medicare Beneficiaries Received Free Preventive Services Through November 201
See all stories on this topic » - Five myths about the future of Obamacare
- Top Ten Health Law Issues for Physicians, Health Systems and Providers in 2014
See all stories on this topic » - Senators: Medicare felons on ‘OK-to-pay’ list despite ban
- Why won’t White House fire the bunglers?
See all stories on this topic » - One White House Shift Is Delayed for a Month
- CMS Delays Stage 3 of Meaningful Use; Medicare EHR Penalties Remain for 2015
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Updates Hospital Compare Website With New Quality Measures
- CMS takes a step back on tackling hospitalizations under the ESRD QIP
See all stories on this topic » - Three years after final rule, CMS set to launch fingerprinting effort aimed at Medicare fraud
- Government seeks health website tech help
See all stories on this topic » - CROWNWeb, CMS plan forums about ESRD QIP
See all stories on this topic » - CMS offers guidance on changes to meaningful use timeline
- Be careful what you wish for
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare ‘Back End’ Contractor Also Runs Troubled Medicare Website
See all stories on this topic » - GAO Urges HHS To Step Up Focus on Clinical Data Registries
See all stories on this topic » - 78,488 people with Medicare in Vermont received free preventive services through November 2013
See all stories on this topic » - Wall Street Journal
- WEDI: Only 50% of providers have reviewed ICD-10 impact
See all stories on this topic » - Blossom South lawyers plan to appeal
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare Medicare Taxes — Increasing Your 2013 Tax Bill
See all stories on this topic » - Slammed by New Taxes: Why You’re Poorer Than You Think
- Medicare and preventative services
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Locals need overhaul: AMA
- 3 Key Medicare RAC Issues for Hospitals
- Peter Orszag says Medicare spending has actually fallen in absolute terms over the past year
- There Is No Shortage Of Doctors Willing To Take Medicare Patients
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Names Best And Worst Hospitals For Joint Replacements
- FDA and Medicare officials extend parallel review pilot
- CMS Delays Stage 3 of Meaningful Use; Medicare EHR Penalties Remain for 2015
See all stories on this topic » - Senate Agrees to 3-Month SGR ‘Patch’
See all stories on this topic » - What’s Keeping Boomers Up at Night: Health-Care Costs
- Docs say insurers dropping them in hopes their costly patients follow
- Obamacare ‘Back End’ Contractor Also Runs Troubled Medicare Website
See all stories on this topic » - Congress passes budget that would extend Medicare cuts, soften sequestration
See all stories on this topic » - Three years after final rule, CMS set to launch fingerprinting effort aimed at Medicare fraud
- The fuss over Obamacare’s teething troubles is obscuring a bigger story for investors: American health care is gradually being both nationalised and privatised
See all stories on this topic » - The High Cost of Free Health Care
See all stories on this topic » - Hospital-funding renewal gains support
- Senate Passes 3-Month SGR ‘Doc Fix’
- Alexander Votes Against Budget Agreement, But It Passes Senate
See all stories on this topic » - House-Senate Budget Agreement Continues Austerity Policies Targeting Working Families
- Budget bill with short-term SGR fix clears Congress, ready for Obama to sign
- FMA: We’re Standing Up to United
See all stories on this topic » - Citi analyst: US hospital admissions weakest in a decade
- Federal prison ordered for Clinton woman
See all stories on this topic » - Innovations in Caring for the Elderly and Frail
See all stories on this topic » - Implementing Health Reform: CMS Affordable Care Act Guidance
See all stories on this topic » - CMS takes a step back on tackling hospitalizations under the ESRD QIP
See all stories on this topic » - Report: N.J. Hospitals See Slight Decrease in Operational Performance Due to Declining Inpatient Volume
- Home Health Leaders Commend Senator Debbie Stabenow for Protecting Home Health for America’s Seniors
- Mobile Doctors CEO Denies Medicare Fraud Charges
- Letter: A taxing issue
- Workshop For Seniors At The Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library
- White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, December 17, 201
- Social Security Disability, Veterans Benefits to Increase in January with COLA, Allsup Reports
- Three-Month Payment Patch Should Give Congress Time to Repeal SGR
- Obamacare tech hurdle looms right before enrollment deadline
- Obamacare tech hurdle loom
- CVS expects 2014 sales gain despite Obamacare
- CVS Caremark Corporation Raises Dividend; Announces Buyback; Gives FY14 Guidance (CVS)
- Letter: ACA bad for all ages
See all stories on this topic » - Meaningful Use incentives extended to critical access ‘Method II’ docs
- CMS allows EPs to assign EHR incentives to Method II CAHs EHRIntelligence.com
Having upgraded its systems for identifying the National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) of these EPs, CMS is now in a position to process “take into account the …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Extends ACA-mandated Deadline for Physician-Owned … D Magazine
CMS has extended the deadline for physician-owned hospitals to report ownership and investment information-as mandated by the Affordable Care Act-to …
See all stories on this topic » - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) Publishes … The National Law Review
A net increase of 1.7 percent in payment rates for hospitals participating in the hospital outpatient quality reporting requirement program (those hospitals that do …
See all stories on this topic » D-SNP Groups Say New Studies Show CMS Stars System … Atlantic Information Services, Inc. - But finding a solution in keeping with CMS’s oft-stated position that there shouldn’t be different standards for good medical care in different parts of the nation …
See all stories on this topic » - Jepsen chastises Medicare panel’s support of UHC plan Ct Post
CMS told Jepsen that it has discussed UnitedHealthcare’s plan with the company and is satisfied that the realigned system will sufficiently support patients in the …
See all stories on this topic » - MUCking Around for New Quality Measures HealthLeaders Media
‘Tis the season when CMS looks at a long list of proposed quality measures, any one of which might reveal which healthcare providers are delivering care that is …
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare’s homecare cuts to hit sick and old New Years Day Daily Caller
Starting Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) will begin slashing 14 percent of their Home Health Care Prospective Payment Program …
See all stories on this topic » - Why hasn’t anyone been fired over HealthCare.gov? Washington Post (blog)
Specifically, it was a management disaster. The CMS IT department botched its job as systems integrator for HealthCare.gov. The management of CMS botched …
See all stories on this topic » - Providers not required to keep EHR audit systems turned on ModernHealthcare.com
” CMS concurs with the finding that audit logs should be operational,” CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner wrote in a response to the findings. ” CMS will support …
See all stories on this topic » - Feds question NC’s mental health funding WRAL.com
“We intend to have continued conversations with CMS on this very complex topic because LME/MCOs are important partners in our behavioral health system,” …
See all stories on this topic » - New performance measures added to Hospital Compare site ModernHealthcare.com
The CMS also added six measures related to the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism, including whether preoperative patients received …
See all stories on this topic » - AMA to Clarify Status of Fellows for Sunshine Act Psychiatric News
Residents are exempted from reporting requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, but recent statements from CMS indicate that fellows may not be …
See all stories on this topic » - Are White House ObamaCare enrollment numbers inaccurate? Fox Business
Wells Fargo Insurance Head Tim Prichard and former CMS Senior Policy Adviser Dr. Scott Gottlieb on the low enrollment for ObamaCare. More Info; Share on …
See all stories on this topic » - Alliance HealthCare Services Announces Estimated Impact of Final … Business Wire (press release)
CMS projects an additional 20.1% reduction in MPFS payment rates for 2014 if Congress fails to intervene. In the past, when the application of the statutory …
See all stories on this topic » - Dramatic Upsides: BG Medicine, Inc. (BGMD), Rexahn … Markets Emerging
BGMD disclosed recently that the CMS released the final determination of the 2014 Medicare national limitation amount for the Company’s galectin-3 blood test …
See all stories on this topic » - AMA Seeks APA Help in Long-Term Care of Former Inmates Psychiatric News
That directive is part of a comprehensive report by the AMA’s Council on Medical Service ( CMS) about the problems associated with treating individuals in …
See all stories on this topic » - Jepsen chastises Medicare panel’s support of UHC plan Ct Post
In the report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said the insurer’s revised physician …
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare DATA Act Language Included eNews Park Forest
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded inclusion of language that would make Medicare claims data available to the …
See all stories on this topic » - CBO: Medicare SGR Patch Would Cost $8.3B Becker’s Hospital Review
Legislation that would shield physicians from a 24 percent Medicare reimbursement reduction next year would cost about $8.3 billion from 2014 to 2018, …
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare options and Obamacare Sky Hi Daily News
Before reviewing options for next year’s Medicare coverage, it’s important to understand how Medicare fits with the Affordable Care Act often called Obamacare.
See all stories on this topic » - Golden Hammer: Medicare pays full price for half-empty vials of … Washington Times
- After the Obamacare fiasco, the Health and Human Services Department must be a glass-half-empty kind of place. Just ask the folks at Medicare, who wasted …
See all stories on this topic » - Issa on Medicare: ‘Spending More… Not Getting Much’ Newsmax.com
Healthcare costs have risen from five percent to 18 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product since Medicare began in the 1960s, with little to show for the …
See all stories on this topic » - How Medicare Covers Alzheimer’s Disease Daily Journal Online
What all does Medicare cover when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease? My wife was recently diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s and I would like to find out …
See all stories on this topic » - Selecting a Medicare plan: making the right choice El Dorado Springs Sun
Seventy percent of people 64 and older say that selecting the right Medicare coverage impacts their ability to live a healthy life, according to a national survey of …
See all stories on this topic » - David Sayen: How Medicare Helps You Stay Healthy Noozhawk
Like anyone else, people with Medicare can benefit from healthy living habits. And Medicare also covers a variety of screenings and tests to help detect …
See all stories on this topic » - Federal legislation to extend Medicare payment programs for … EmpireStateNews.net
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer’s legislation to permanently extend two Medicare payment programs that are critical to rural hospitals in Upstate …
See all stories on this topic » - Congress Moves Closer To Changing How Medicare Pays Doctors Kaiser Health News
MARY AGNES CAREY: Congress is one step closer to repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, Medicare’s physician payment formula. Today key …
See all stories on this topic » - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Publishes … The National Law Review
A net increase of 1.7 percent in payment rates for hospitals participating in the hospital outpatient quality reporting requirement program (those hospitals that do …
See all stories on this topic » - Postal Service Retirees, Medicare, and Implications for Other … FedSmith.com
A common question from readers who are retiring in the near future is “Do I still get FEHB benefits or do I have to go into Medicare?” The answer, as most people …
See all stories on this topic » - Md. to Refund Millions in Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursements … Southern Maryland Online
State officials and representatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will also need to review an additional $2.3 million Maryland received to …
See all stories on this topic » - In rare bipartisan move, Congress tackles long-standing Medicare … Washington Times
Capitol Hill lawmakers took a bipartisan stride Thursday toward solving a festering problem in American health care – how to pay doctors through Medicare.
See all stories on this topic » - St. Vincent’s HealthCare Battles Audit of $3.3M in Medicare … Becker’s Hospital Review
>The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued a report, finding St. Vincent’s HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., received approximately $3.3 million in estimated …
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Part D: ratings for insurers are available Bangor Daily News
Do such surveys exist for insurance companies in the Medicare Part D carrier biz? Paying more for a policy is OK if that company is more apt to provide an …
See all stories on this topic » - Bipartisan Budget Deal Proposal Would Extend Medicare Cuts California Healthline
On Tuesday, House and Senate budget negotiators reached an agreement on a two-year budget deal that has implications for medical research and Medicare, …
See all stories on this topic » - La Mirada doctor admits tax fraud, role in Medicare scam using … Whittier Daily News
Dr. Ovid Mercene, 61, of La Mirada, billed Medicare and Medi-Cal more than $1.8 million for unnecessary services provided to the Skid Row “patients” while in …
See all stories on this topic » - Area medical company fights for patients after Medicare claims are … WVVA TV
Medicare has denied recent power chair claims made by Med Response, … As a result, Medicare is taking back the money the company used to pay for those …
See all stories on this topic » - Maryland health leaders near deal for new Medicare waiver Baltimore Business Journal
State leaders expect to finalize a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a new Medicare waiver, which sets up the state’s …
See all stories on this topic » - Fix for Medicare physician payment process is a possibility Temple Daily Telegram
It may not be a holiday miracle, but for physicians who annually face threats of steep cuts to their Medicare payments, the opportunity to repeal Medicare’s …
See all stories on this topic » - Hospital Advocacy Groups Vow to Lobby Against Budget Deal’s … Becker’s Hospital Review
Hospital Advocacy Groups Vow to Lobby Against Budget Deal’s Medicare Cuts … It would extend sequestration cuts, including Medicare pay cuts, that were …
See all stories on this topic » - OIG: Steward’s St. Elizabeth’s Must Refund $1.2M in Medicare Errors Becker’s Hospital Review
Due to incorrectly billed claims, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a 252-bed hospital in Brighton, Mass., and part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System, …
See all stories on this topic » - Budget includes three-month Medicare ‘doc fix’ despite punting on … OpEdNews
Budget includes three-month Medicare ‘doc fix’ despite punting on emergency unemployment insurance. Tell A Friend. SAVE AS FAVORITE · VIEW FAVORITES …
See all stories on this topic » - Eastern suburbs residents live longer but also have more ‘avoidable … The Daily Telegraph
In response to the Avoidable Deaths and Life Expectancies, 2009-2011 report which showed 442 avoidable premature deaths, Eastern Sydney Medicare Local …
See all stories on this topic » - Two Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies …eNews Park Forest
Two patient recruiters for Miami health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
See all stories on this topic » - House, Senate Committees Approve ‘Doc Fix’ Legislation Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON-House and Senate panels approved legislation Thursday to overhaul how Medicare doctors are paid, although action by the full House and …
See all stories on this topic » - Doctor pleads guilty to fraud scheme with homeless ‘patients’ Los Angeles Times
A doctor who conducted unnecessary procedures on mostly homeless patients and billed Medicare and Medi-Cal pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false tax …
See all stories on this topic » - Obama administration may add taxpayer-funded sex-change … Lifesite
Since 1981, federal law has barred federal tax dollars from paying for “transsexual surgery” through programs like Medicare and Medicaid. On December 2, the …
See all stories on this topic » - House Passes Budget Deal With 3-Month ‘Doc Fix’ Medscape
The House today overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan budget agreement that will postpone a nearly 24% cut in Medicare pay for physicians from January 1 until …
See all stories on this topic » - TONI KING: Doctor’s new rule: Pay up front and YOU file with Medicare Your Houston News
- I have Original Medicare and a Medicare Supplement Plan F. No problem in the past filing with Medicare, but beginning Jan. 1, my neurologist has changed how …
See all stories on this topic » - Hospitals blast budget deal, ‘doc fix’ patch The Hill (blog)
would extend scheduled reductions to Medicare providers for two additional years through 2023. ADVERTISEMENT. A proposed short-term “doc fix,” meanwhile …
See all stories on this topic » - Morgan & Morgan Announces Investigation of Chemed Corporation … MarketWatch
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit in May of 2013 against Chemed and its affiliates alleging that Chemed defrauded Medicare by …
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare’s homecare cuts to hit sick and old New Years Day Daily Caller
Starting Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin slashing 14 percent of their Home Health Care Prospective Payment Program …
See all stories on this topic » - Law requires hospitals to care for poor; Legislature won’t accept … Highlands Today
SEBRING – Florida chopped the amount paid to hospitals for treating the poor on the theory that Medicare would reduce that loss, but then the Legislature …
See all stories on this topic » - Conservative Grass Roots Remains Skeptical Of Budget Deal NPR (blog)
His concern is not so much his own income, he said, but being able to find a doctor who still accepts Medicare patients when he reaches retirement age himself.
See all stories on this topic » - Legislation to repeal SGR clears House, Senate panels ModernHealthcare.com
House and Senate committees voted Thursday to advance legislation that would repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth-rate formula for paying physicians, even …
See all stories on this topic » - House passes budget bill with three-month doc-pay fix ModernHealthcare.com
Congress on Thursday took steps toward changing the troublesome formula Medicare uses to pay physicians who participate in the program-but also toward …
See all stories on this topic » - Boomers ‘terrified’ of what health care will cost in retirement LifeHealthPro
Of those who have consulted with an advisor, only 22 percent have broached the subject of non- Medicare-covered medical expenses post-retirement.
See all stories on this topic » - National Government Services’ Rochelle Shaw Named a … Broadway World
As a Medicare contractor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), National Government Services processed 145 million Medicare claims and …
See all stories on this topic » - Therapist Pleads Guilty in Miami for His Role in $63 Million Health … eNews Park Forest
According to court documents, from 2004 through 2011, HCSN billed Medicare and the Florida Medicaid program approximately $63 million for purported …
See all stories on this topic » - Wisconsin lawmakers differ on securing their own Obamacare plans Stevenspointjournal
The 73-year-old lawmaker is going to enroll in additional Medicare coverage instead because he wants to have the same experience as his constituents.
See all stories on this topic » - House Rules Committee Adds Three-Month ‘Doc Fix’ to Budget Deal California Healthline
On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee added a temporary Medicare “doc fix” to the bipartisan budget deal announced Tuesday by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis …
See all stories on this topic » - Repeat After Me: There’s No Such Thing as … Mother Jones
You may see some headlines today that report on a new study showing that boomer retirees will receive way more in Social Security and Medicare benefits than …
See all stories on this topic » - AHA supports SC health system in Stark Law appeal – AHA News
Hospitals must be able to rely on the advice of qualified counsel when determining whether a particular transaction is legally permissible under the Stark Law, …
www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath… - Small businesses can look, but not buy, on HealthCare.gov Memphis Business Journal
CMS Deputy Administrator Gary Cohen said the federal government is working with insurance brokers to help small businesses enroll for health coverage …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS tightens procedures, oversight for hospice medication claims McKnight’s Long Term Care News
While this policy is long established, CMS believes its previous policy statements continue to be “misinterpreted by some parties,” based on an Abt Associates …
See all stories on this topic » - Room for debate: CMS maintenance directive heats up DOTmed.com
Ever since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified its guidelines for preventive maintenance in a December 2011 directive, which requires …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Issues Warning On Medicare Part D Billing For Hospice Patients Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Since 2012, CMS has encouraged Part D sponsors to place prior authorization requirements on four categories of prescription drugs: (1) analgesics, …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Issues Final Medicare OPPS, ASC Policies For 2014 Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
CMS is increasing OPPS rates by 1.7% for 2014, which reflects a 2.5% hospital market basket increase, minus a 0.5% multifactor productivity (MFP) adjustment …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Updates Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Other Part B … Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
On December 10, 2013, CMS published its final rule updating Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rates and polices for calendar year (CY) 2014, which …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Proposes Removing 10 Medicare National Coverage Policies Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
CMS has proposed removing 10 longstanding Medicare national coverage determinations (NCDs) under an expedited process outlined in an August 7, 2013 …
See all stories on this topic » - U.S. health secretary calls for probe of Obamacare website launch Reuters AlertNet
… also said she had asked Marilyn Tavenner, the chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to create a new chief risk officer position at CMS.
See all stories on this topic » - Final 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Release Elicits AAFP … AAFP News Now
In the final rule, CMS said it is committed to supporting primary care. “We have increasingly recognized care management as one of the critical components of …
See all stories on this topic » - Obamacare marketplace violates federal security law Daily Caller
But according to CMS’s 2014 budget request, no such security assessment took place. The Federal Healthcare Marketplace website was rolled out without full …
See all stories on this topic » - Woman Who Screwed Up $600 Mil Website Demands Investigation … FrontPage Magazine
CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a sub-agency of United States Department of Health and Human Services, presided over by one Kathleen …
See all stories on this topic » - Comment site for Kansas disability reform crashes Topeka Capital Journal
Megan Buck, program services branch manager for CMS in Kansas City, Mo., said she became aware Wednesday of a breakdown in the comment section of the …
See all stories on this topic » - HHS Chief Seeks Investigation Into Obamacare Website Contracts Nextgov
This is critical, because HHS is the third largest federal contracting agency, and CMS alone spent $5.3 billion in 2013 on contracting engagements. We must …
See all stories on this topic » - Iowa gets limited permission to impose Medicaid premiums ModernHealthcare.com
The CMS approved a waiver paving the way for the state to buy coverage for as many as 100,000 adults earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level through …
See all stories on this topic » - National Government Services Creating Jobs, Expanding Facility in …Fort Mills Times
As one of the nation’s Medicare contractors for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS), National Government Services processed 145 million …
See all stories on this topic » - Obama Needs to Fire Some People Bloomberg
CMS’s information technology department botched its job as systems integrator for HealthCare.gov. CMS management botched the job of recognizing that …
See all stories on this topic » - Kofax Launches Medical Claims Processing Update Healthcare Technology Online (press release)
The solution turns complex electronic and paper based CMS medical claim forms into … It also conforms to the coding rules and standards defined by CMS and …
See all stories on this topic » - No More Taxpayer Funded Bailouts, Period…OOP’S Obama Lied … newszap.com
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) Nov 14, 2013, released new guidance to State Insurance Commissioners implementing President Obama’s …
See all stories on this topic » - Sebelius Takes New Tact in Obamacare’s Latest Trial National Journal
Sebelius has asked Inspector General Dan Levinson to review the development of the federal website; asked CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner to appoint a …
See all stories on this topic » - In Arkansas, crucial Obamacare hub draws little notice GlobalPost
Since the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services( CMS) awarded Serco the Obamacare contract in July, the company has created more than 3,000 …
See all stories on this topic » - How New Legislation Voted On Today Could Give Washington … Forbes
It says that CMS can use the guidelines developed by medical professional societies, but then goes on to say it can also use those promulgated by “other entities …
See all stories on this topic » - Rep. Issa accuses HHS of criminally obstructing probe into … Fox News
6 letter from CMS official Daniel Kane says that although the department understands Congress’ need for documents to continue its probe into the issues with …
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare Has Chained Us Together, Reliant On End-Of-Life … Forbes
As 25-30% of Medicare spending occurs in the last year of life, end of life care has become a rising issue in health care policy debates. End of life scenarios …
See all stories on this topic » - Hanging up on Medicare, Affordable Care Act scammers is OK … PennLive.com
Q: My father received a call from someone who told him that people on Medicare need to choose a new plan under Obamacare and he could help him save …
See all stories on this topic » - Medicare to examine ban on gender reassignment surgery Washington Blade
The Obama administration is set to re-examine the ban that prohibits Medicare from covering gender reassignment surgery, according to a memorandum …
See all stories on this topic » - Budget deal could overhaul Medicare long-term acute-care pay ModernHealthcare.com
The bipartisan budget deal reached this week could drag out efforts to overhaul Medicare’s payment formula for physicians as lawmakers pursue a short-term fix …
See all stories on this topic » - 2 ways to get Medicare benefits Fairfield Daily Republic
The best-known way is Original Medicare. With Original Medicare, you can choose any doctor, hospital or other health care provider you want, as long as they …
See all stories on this topic » - Judge stops UnitedHealthcare from terminating Medicare docs BenefitsPro
A decision stopping UnitedHealthcare from terminating more than 2,000 doctors from its Medicare Advantage plan in Connecticut is under scrutiny by medical …
See all stories on this topic » - Live updates on Thursday: Senate committee considers Medicare … Healio
Reforming Medicare doctors’ pay takes center stage Thursday as the Senate Finance Committee meets in executive session to consider a broad bipartisan …
See all stories on this topic » - Ambulance squads could lose $1.37 million in Medicare … WatertownDailyTimes.com
North country ambulance squads stand to lose a total of $1.37 million in Medicare reimbursement through 2018 if the federal government doesn’t act on an …
See all stories on this topic » - Reforming Medicare’s Physician Payment Strategy Health Affairs (blog)
Since 1992 Medicare has reimbursed physicians on a fee-for-service basis. In 1997, as medical costs escalated, Congress began using a Sustainable Growth …
See all stories on this topic » - Proposed budget compromise would mean more cuts for Medicare … FierceHealthcare
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) proposed a deficit savings plan that cuts funds to Medicare providers, a move that healthcare industry …
See all stories on this topic » - New Budget Deal Can Bring Extension of Medicare Sequestration … The National Law Review
As predicted, Congress has chosen to cut payments to Medicare providers as a principal funding mechanism for the budget deal. The early analysis of the …
See all stories on this topic » - Affordable Care Act for Seniors: Benefits without obligations … Liberty Vindicator
“They don’t have to worry – as long as they’re getting Medicare, they’re set.” Bailey added that despite early warnings about the ACA’s impact on Medicare …
See all stories on this topic » - WellCare Names John Burke State President Of New York MarketWatch
Burke is responsible for WellCare’s Medicaid and Medicare Advantage operations … vice president, network management; and director, Medicare expansion for …
See all stories on this topic » - Marshall letter: Obamacare robbing Medicare?Laramie Boomerang
For the last 6-8 months, I have been trying to determine how Obamacare affects Medicare. In the past, Medicare premiums increased on par with Social Security …
See all stories on this topic » - Letter: U.S. overspending is good; just ask economist Salt Lake Tribune
Bob Barr recently wrote to the Public Forum regarding an inoculation that his 92-year-old father received at St. Mark’s Hospital (” Medicare paid far too much for a …
See all stories on this topic » - Ryan, Murray strike budget deal that would extend Medicare … McKnight’s Long Term Care News
This year, Medicare providers took a 2% hit to their reimbursements due to sequestration. Under the deal finalized Tuesday evening, these cuts would not be …
See all stories on this topic » - Aetna Forecasts 2014 Profit Above Analysts’ Estimates Bloomberg
Aetna is grappling with funding cuts to Medicare Advantage, the industry’s version of the government program for the elderly, as well as new taxes imposed by …
See all stories on this topic » - What does the Affordable Care Act mean for aging Americans? Newsradio 620
Many states are also providing extra assistance for people considered “dually eligible” for Medicare and Medicaid. That provision is being called the Medicaid …
See all stories on this topic » - Schumer: Extra ambulance funding important in rural areas Corning Leader
An amendment to extend extra funding for Medicare payments to ambulance services is particularly important for rural communities, Sen. Charles Schumer said …
See all stories on this topic » - 1-800-MEDIGAP Launches New Interactive Tools Page Relating to … DigitalJournal.com
This is a great interactive tool that will allow seniors and their loved ones to test current knowledge about Medicare Supplements. Give the “TEST YOUR SELF” …
See all stories on this topic » - CBO: ‘Doc fix’ patch to cost about $8.7B The Hill (blog)
A proposed patch sparing Medicare physicians a 24 percent pay cut next year would cost about $8.7 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
See all stories on this topic » - Seniors flounder with Obamacare NorthJersey.com
With Medicare’s open enrollment period coming to an end, seniors packed a back room where United Healthcare held a meeting at Perkins Pancake House in …
See all stories on this topic » - Developing A Viable Alternative To Medicare’s Physician Payment … Health Affairs (blog)
Since 1992 Medicare has reimbursed physicians on a fee-for-service basis that weights physician services according to the effort and expense of providing …
See all stories on this topic » - Bipartisan fix eyed for Medicare doctors’ pay Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
WASHINGTON | It’s that time of year again: doctors caring for Medicare … cost-effective care to more than 50 million elderly and disabled Medicare recipients.
See all stories on this topic » - Associations Have Mixed Reactions to Bipartisan Budget Deal Associations Now
Hospitals: One of the biggest cuts involves payments to Medicare providers. According to a summary, the deal proposes to save $28 billion over 10 years “by …
See all stories on this topic » - If your mother tells you she’s in the hospital, you better check it out Knoxville News Sentinel
Perhaps most important, Medicare will only pay for nursing home care after a patient spends at least three consecutive inpatient days admitted to a hospital.
See all stories on this topic » - Justice Department joins whistle-blower suit against IPC the … ModernHealthcare.com
Employees of the government-contracted auditing company, TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, told Oughatiyan that his data showed he was billing Medicare for too …
See all stories on this topic » - Q-and-A: Rural hospitals and the Affordable Care Act Peoria Journal Star
Rural hospitals will see significant reductions in the traditional Medicare payments under the new health law. This is especially important for smaller rural …
See all stories on this topic » - 7 in 10 will need long-term care, ready or not SunHerald.com
His sorrow turned to shock when he presented his wife’s Medicare card to the staff. “They said to me real quick — we don’t take Medicare,” Baron said. “You don’t …
See all stories on this topic » - Psychiatrists Less Likely to Accept Health Insurance, Study Finds U.S. News & World Report
Researchers analyzed 2009-’10 data from a survey of office-based physicians across the United States to determine how many accepted Medicare, Medicaid or …
See all stories on this topic » - Woman Who Screwed Up $600 Mil Website Demands Investigation …FrontPage Magazine
CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a sub-agency of United States Department of Health and Human Services, presided over by one Kathleen …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Updates Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Other Part B … Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
On December 10, 2013, CMS published its final rule updating Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rates and polices for calendar year (CY) 2014, which …
See all stories on this topic » - Unfinished work in Congress includes ambulance reimbursements The Journal News | LoHud.com
WASHINGTON – The House plans to adjourn for the rest of the year Friday with a long list of unresolved policy issues, including how much Medicare should …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS tightens procedures, oversight for hospice medication claims McKnight’s Long Term Care News
In light of widespread inappropriate claims, providers will face heightened scrutiny for Medicare claims for hospice medications, the Centers for Medicare …
See all stories on this topic » - Hospitals vow that cuts in budget deal will not stand The Hill (blog)
The nation’s hospitals are being forced to swallow additional Medicare cuts as lawmakers rush to approve a budget deal before the holiday recess. The deal …
See all stories on this topic » - The modest $85 billion US budget deal: highlights Moneyweb.co.za
Democrats can say they found relief from forced spending cuts on education and other domestic spending programs, while avoiding major changes to Medicare …
See all stories on this topic » - House GOP Appear To Be Warming To $85 Billion Budget Deal Kaiser Health News
CQ HealthBeat reports that Medicare providers would face an added two years of … Medicare’s providers face an added two years of automatic spending cuts …
See all stories on this topic » - Updated Medicare Part B Drug Files Released Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
CMS has posted updated average sales price (ASP) files with payment rates for Part B covered drugs for the first quarter of 2014, based on third quarter 2013 …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Proposes Removing 10 Medicare National Coverage Policies Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
CMS has proposed removing 10 longstanding Medicare national coverage determinations (NCDs) under an expedited process outlined in an August 7, 2013 …
See all stories on this topic » - Report Claims ObamaCare has More Benefits without Obligations … Wgnsradio
” Medicare meets that mandate, so they’re set. They’re covered. They don’t have to worry about going on to the ‘ healthcare.gov‘ website or any of the other … - iMedicare Tops 100000 Plan Comparisons VentureBeat
iMedicare, the high growth Medicare decision-making platform, announced today that it now has 1,000 pharmacies as paying customers nationwide and has …
See all stories on this topic » - Survey reveals hospital executives reluctant to implement ACO models HealthCanal.com
Rewards come to the ACO when it saves money for the Medicare Program by delivering high-quality care and when it spends health-care dollars more wisely by …
See all stories on this topic » - ‘Doc Fix’ Add Coming Soon to Budget Deal National Journal
… Add Coming Soon to Budget Deal. A three-month delay of cuts to Medicare payments will give Congress more wiggle room to agree on a permanent solution.
See all stories on this topic » - Schumer to propose five-year fix for ambulance payments Albany Times Union (blog)
A five-year fix to Medicare payments for ambulance services will be brought to the Senate Finance Committee Thursday, Sen. Charles E. Schumer said …
See all stories on this topic » - CMS Issues Final Medicare OPPS, ASC Policies For 2014 Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
CMS is increasing OPPS rates by 1.7% for 2014, which reflects a 2.5% hospital market basket increase, minus a 0.5% multifactor productivity (MFP) adjustment …
See all stories on this topic » - Small businesses can look, but not buy, on HealthCare.gov Memphis Business Journal
CMS Deputy Administrator Gary Cohen said the federal government is working with insurance brokers to help small businesses enroll for health coverage …
See all stories on this topic » - Former Beaumont physician and office manager charged with … Your Houston News
This case is being investigated by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Bureau of …
See all stories on this topic » - Patient Recruiters Get Prison Time For $48M Medicare Fraud …
Patient Recruiters Get Prison Time For $48M Medicare Fraud … Project Finance, Public Policy, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology, Texas, White Collar.
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