Medicare – Page 33 – Healthy Skeptic

Aug 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Congress is set to grant President Barack Obama’s request for a record $1.7 billion to fight health-care fraud, in part to almost triple investigations into crime rings that steal from Medicare.

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

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It took private sleuths hired by Medicare an average of six months last year to refer fraud cases to law enforcement

Aug 05 2010

AP News

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Medicare and Social Security are facing strains from an aging population and an economy that can’t seem to get out of low gear – and despite assertions to the contrary the new health care law doesn’t improve Medicare’s solvency by much.

Aug 05 2010

Medicare Proposed Home Health Payment Changes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Every year Medicare puts out very lengthy and detailed proposed, and ultimately final, rules updating the reimbursement for all of the classes of providers--physicians, hospitals, etc. While reading these is…

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Aug 03 2010

FiscalTimes

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The new health overhaul law will start producing savings for Medicare right away, and add 12 years of solvency to the program’s trust fund for inpatient care, according to a report to be released Monday

Aug 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The American Hospital Association is strongly protesting the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s newly announced 2.9% final inpatient rule reimbursement cuts for Fiscal 2011

Aug 02 2010

More Geographic Variation Research

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A study of diagnostic practices for Medicare beneficiaries reveals geographic variations. These variations not only may suggest either under or overuse of diagnostic tests but they can bias other research…

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Jul 30 2010

Medicare’s Physician Reimbursement Problem

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There has been no more gnarly health care problem for Congress than how to deal with physician reimbursement. At some point, as a Health Affairs article points out, it will…

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Jul 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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New CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, has not yet been on the job a month, and he’s already finding himself in the middle of one of those reimbursement tugs-of-war that seem to define modern healthcare.

Jul 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS included an update to the SNF PPS rates and consolidated billing for fiscal year (FY) 2011 in the July 22 Federal Register

Jul 23 2010

MedPAC’s Annual Report II

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

More commentary on MedPAC's Annual Report, focusing on the care of dual-eligible beneficiaries and the use of shared decision-making in the Medicare population.

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Jul 22 2010

MedPAC’s Annual Report I

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MedPAC's annual report always contains many useful analyses of health care issues, complete with research citations. This year's report covers several topics of general interest, including effective benefit designs and…

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Jul 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Upset about the federal government’s elimination of pay for specialty consultations, about one in five physicians has eliminated or cut back on accepting new Medicare patients

Jul 12 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS has expanded the amount of information available on its Hospital Compare website to include 11 new outpatient measures, along with updated information related to 30 day mortality and readmissions rates

Jul 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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White House adviser David Axelrod defended the recess appointment of Donald Berwick and sought to dispel concerns among some Republicans that Mr. Berwick favored a nationalized health-care system

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