The federal fraud and abuse rules are being revised to accommodate value-based purchasing and other reimbursement changes.
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A study in JAMA Network Open discusses trends in high and low-value cardiac testing in Medicare.
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A study in JAMA Network Open suggests that Medicare Advantage plans use lower-quality home health agencies.
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How providers react to price transparency is analyzed in a Journal of Health Economics study.
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New research finds that comprehensive care management for children with chronic diseases made no difference in outcomes.
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Oh boy, another bogus study on "waste" in our health system.
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The Government Accounting Office critiques the Medicare quality of care program.
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A study carried by the JAMA Open Network reveals that what physicians say they did in billing and medical records may not be what actually happened.
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A blog post at Health Affairs from CMS discusses the latest results from the Medicare ACOs.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics examines the effect of nurse practitioner prescribing authority on population mental health.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.