Another of CMS' "quality" initiatives, this one for reduction of hospital-acquired health conditions, comes under fire for failure to work as designed.
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A KFF analysis finds that over half the country's hospitals will be penalized under CMS's patently flawed hospital readmissions reduction policy, which the agency has stubbornly refused to fix or enough acknowledge is very, very poorly designed. Most of the hospitals that won't be penalized are exempt from being evaluated.
http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/According to an analysis by Modern Healthcare, non-profit health system executives continue to get extremely high compensation packages, many multi-million dollars, which has to make you wonder what the point of non-profit status is.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150808/MAGAZINE/308089988?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=hitsThere is a lot of heat around 2016 exchange insurance premiums for individuals. A report from the Society of Actuaries gives a measured look at factors behind the rate rises.
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HIT firm Anthelio Health is acquiring Pyramid Healthcare Solutions which operates in the revenue cycle management space. Read the press release for an outstanding example of health care and investment gibberish.
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