Medicare
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Financial
Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?
May 24, 2021 / By Julie Appleby Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks…
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Physician-hospital consolidation causes Medicare spending on labs, imaging to soar: study
by Robert King | May 7, 2021 Medicare spending on imaging and lab services increased by $73 million after a hospital or health…
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Financial
House extends moratorium on 2% Medicare sequester cuts through 2021
President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law April 14, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor In a vote…
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Financial
Senate passes moratorium to Medicare sequester cuts
The 2% cut to Medicare reimbursement is delayed through the end of the year, to the relief of hospital and…
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Financial
House passes bill to stave off millions in Medicare sequester cuts
March 19, 2021 / Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor The House passed a bill on Friday to extend the moratorium on 2%…
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Extremities
Plumbers’ Advantage Over Orthopedic Surgeons: THEIR Pay Isn’t Declining
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. You would think with all of the stress due to amped up regulations and complexity in…
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Extremities
Arthroscopy: Medicare Reimbursement Down by Nearly 30%?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from Mayo Clinic has found that for the 20 most common orthopedic arthroscopic surgical…
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COVID-19
Musculoskeletal Organizations Support Bill to Mitigate Medicare Changes, Safeguard Care During COVID-19 Pandemic
Washington, D.C. — The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) jointly with 63 other musculoskeletal organizations is offering its support…
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Hospitals
THA Disparities? It’s the Neighborhood!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Noting that disparities in total hip arthroplasty (THA) utilization have worsened in recent years, a…
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COVID-19
HCA to return $6B in CARES Act funding, including more than $4B in Medicare accelerated payments
October 9, 2020 / by Tina Reed HCA Healthcare is returning $6 billion in COVID-19 relief funds it received as part…
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COVID-19
Hospitals are paid more for Medicare patients confirmed or presumed to have coronavirus
May 4, 2020 / By Hollie McKay | Fox News If a Medicare patient is diagnosed with – or even presumed to have…
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COVID-19
US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as ‘Coronavirus’
April 15, 2020 / By Wayne Dupree Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He’s also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with…
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Financial
CMS increases Medicare payment for high-production coronavirus lab tests
April 15, 2020 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor Medicare will nearly double the payment for certain lab tests that use high-throughput…
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Financial
NYU Langone receives federal subpoena over Medicare payments
March 5, 2020 / Jonathan LaMantia The federal government is investigating NYU Langone over Medicare payments it received to cover…
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Financial
Bundles cut spending on joint replacements, but not for other conditions
HARRIS MEYER / January 6, 2020 Medicare’s voluntary bundled-payment program for hip and knee replacements reduced spending by 1.6% from…
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