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Mar 29 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In 2006, CMS tried to limit unjustified billing in the ultra-high categories. But the effort backfired when nursing home operators found a loophole that made it easier to put residents in those categories.

Mar 29 2010

Bloomberg

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Donald M. Berwick, a Harvard University scholar and long-time critic of U.S. health care, will be thrust into the political fight over the overhaul law as President Barack Obama’s choice to run Medicare and Medicaid.

Mar 19 2010

Washington Post

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The release of Medicare data could have a powerful effect on the quality and cost of U.S. health care. The Senate health-reform bill is just the most current example.

Mar 11 2010

ModernHealthcare

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The Senate voted 62-36 to approve a $138 billion bill that would temporarily prevent Medicare payment cuts to doctors as well as extend federal Medicaid assistance and COBRA premium subsidies.

Mar 04 2010

Medicare Fee Change Effect on Utilization

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A new research article examines the link between Medicare fee changes and the volume of utilization, confirming standard economic theory that the volume, or supply, of physician services does appear…

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Mar 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It’s not a pretty process, but a deal seems to be shaping up to stave of the start of a 21% cut in Medicare fees paid to doctors.

Feb 26 2010

New York Times

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To help ensure that medical radiation is safe, Medicare insists that certain highly technical cancer treatments be administered only when a patient’s radiation oncologist is present or nearby – but…

Feb 26 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. House approved a $10 billion plan to extend for a month unemployment benefits, including federal subsidies to help the jobless buy health insurance. The measure also would prevent looming cuts in Medicare reimbursements to doctors

Feb 26 2010

Competition Leads to Lower Hospital Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Research indicates that commercial health insurance, while it has geographic variation in spending, does not vary in the same way as Medicare. A primary factor explaining private health plan geographic…

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Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This new ObamaCare plan would for the first time apply the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to “interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents,” so-called passive income

Feb 24 2010

Sources of Medicare Spending Growth

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A Health Affairs article examines changes in the composition of Medicare spending over the last two decades, finding that chronic disease is now the primary driver of that spending and…

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Feb 19 2010

New York Times

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Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem

Feb 19 2010

Bloomberg

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The agency in charge of Medicare is due to announce preliminary rates today for insurers offering so-called Medicare Advantage plans in 2011

Feb 18 2010

AAFP

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Congress passed a bill in December that delayed the 21.2 percent payment cut called for by the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, formula until March 1

Feb 17 2010

Consequences of Reimbursement Changes

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As part of health care reform, various reimbursement changes have proposed, such as episode bundling or time-based global payments. An article in Cancer points out that such revisions to payments…

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