An analysis by the MedPAC staff finds Medicare pays for a fair amount of low-value care.
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Another Mark Farrah Associates report covers enrollment and trends in Medicare Part D plans.
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Using long-term care hospitals as an example, researchers find that reimbursement methods designed to control costs may create other outcomes.
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A Centers for Disease Control brief examines geographic variation in the number of and spending on Medicare beneficiaries with six or more chronic conditions.
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New research in Health Affairs seems to support the oft-questioned notion that better quality care is associated with lower medical spending.
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An initial analysis of the CMS initiative to bundle payments for knee and hip replacements finds it lowered costs while quality did not change.
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CMS releases the fourth year of Pioneer ACO results, which honestly would be described as middling at best.
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Medicare's coverage of disabled adults under age 65 is explored in a new Kaiser Family Foundation brief.
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Medicare's Independence at Home demonstration is designed to provide better care for chronically ill beneficiaries and CMS claims that in the second year the 15 participating practices saved Medicare $10 million, or over $1000 per beneficiary, with seven practices earning $5.7 million in bonuses, and quality improving.
https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2016-Press-releases-items/2016-08-09.htmlThe Kaiser Foundation gives some interesting information on use of drugs in Medicare.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation issues a brief on Medicare spending at end-of-life.
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Today we continue summarizing the issues covered by MedPAC in its recent annual report to Congress.
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In MedPAC's annual report to Congress on the Medicare program a number of current topics are covered.
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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.
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