Medicare – Page 34 – Healthy Skeptic

Jul 09 2010

New York Times

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Experience shows how difficult it could be for Medicare to save money on such programs, especially when the government pays hefty fees for help from private health plans and other companies specializing in disease management

Jul 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Obama used a recess appointment to install Donald Berwick as head of the CMS – Berwick has come under the scrutiny of numerous senators who had anticipated engaging him in discussion of over the finer details of healthcare reform

Jul 07 2010

Bloomberg

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President Obama plans to bypass the U.S. Senate and appoint Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Jul 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Medicare beneficiaries who use certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies could see average price reductions of about 32% off the current cost of those items

Jul 06 2010

Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs

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Medicare has an impending value-based purchasing program for hospitals. Payments would be based on performance against quality standards. Some hospitals ability to improve performance may be limited by the economic…

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Jun 30 2010

Washington Post

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Don Berwick – The hope that health-care reform will manage to bend the dreaded cost curve depends on its execution

Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals look for guidance from CMS about the 3-day payment window – under new definition, hospitals should bill as part of the inpatient stay all non-diagnostic services provided on the day of admission and in the three days prior to admission

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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It pays to appeal – A recently released CMS report indicates that providers have been winning more appeals since the last update

Jun 28 2010

AP News

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President Barack Obama has signed a bill that temporarily spares doctors from a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments

Jun 28 2010

Medicare and Home Infusion

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Home infusion of therapeutic agents is increasing, especially as more biologics, which tend to need infusion, are approved for use. GAO looked at how Medicare FFS handles home infusion versus…

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Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress approved on Thursday a bill that averts for six months a planned reduction in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The House voted 417-1 to pass the measure, a week after the Senate confirmed it unanimously.

Jun 23 2010

Deloitte

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Deloitte: The convergence of an aging population, growing fiscal pressures and health care reform’s mandate for increased access to care will have far-reaching consequences for state-administered Medicaid programs

Jun 22 2010

New York Times

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A battle has erupted over his nomination, suggesting that Dr. Berwick faces a long uphill struggle to win Senate confirmation

Jun 21 2010

Geographic Variation in Drug Expenses

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Medicare's Part D benefit covers most prescription drugs and has added significantly to the program's cost, although not as much as originally projected. Now that the program has been in…

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Jun 21 2010

USA Today

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The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.

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