Medicare
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Hospitals
Aetna To Divest Medicare Plans And May Exit Obamacare
AUG 2, 2016 – Bruce Japsen Aetna and Humana will sell certain Medicare Advantage assets to Molina Healthcare as the insurers…
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Medicare ‘bundled payments’ improve health, save money
By SUSAN DEVORE @DeVorePremier A Medicare program that began on April 1 requires about 800 hospitals to “bundle” payments…
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Biologics
Palmetto Medicare Now Covering Amniox Medical Products
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AMNIOX Medical, Inc., a TissueTech, Inc. company, announced that Palmetto Medicare recently released its new Skin Substitute medical policy,…
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Recon
Survey: Hospitals aren’t ready for Medicare bundled payment program
BY FINK DENSFORD Hospitals may not be ready to handle the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new bundle reimbursement…
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Recon
Hospitals Brace for New Medicare Payment Rules
By: MELINDA BECK Starting Friday, sweeping changes in Medicare payments could affect nearly 800 U.S. hospitals’ bottom lines, but not…
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Financial
SI-BONE, Inc. Announces Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS Administrators, LLC Establishes Positive Coverage for MIS SI Joint Fusion Effective February 1st, 2016
SAN JOSE, Calif., December 21, 2015 — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse…
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Financial
CMS finalizes hip, knee bundled payment program: 10 things to know
By Ayla Ellison CMS has finalized a new payment model that holds acute care hospitals accountable for the quality of care they…
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Financial
SI-BONE, Inc.® Announces Increased Medicare Payments for Hospital Outpatient and Physicians for MIS SIJ Fusion Surgery
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse Implant…
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Recon
Zyga Technology Announces Medicare Contractor WPS to Issue Positive Coverage of Minimally Invasive SI Joint Fusion
MINNETONKA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Zyga Technology, Inc., a medical device company focused on the design, development, and commercialization of…
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Financial
25 quotes that show just how fed up physicians are with EHRs
By Max Green More than half of the physicians who bill Medicare in the U.S. are currently being penalized 1…
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Financial
The Secret Sauce for Orthopedics Bundled Payments Success
By Christopher Cheney Health systems and hospitals bracing anxiously for adoption of orthopedics bundled payments should take a close look at…
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Financial
MTF’s AmnioBand™ Receives High-Tier Reimbursement from Medicare to Treat Chronic Non-Healing Wounds in the Hospital Outpatient Setting
EDISON, N.J., Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MTF, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (www.mtf.org) announced today that beginning October 1, AmnioBand™ Allograft Placental Matrix will…
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Financial
Are Ortho Companies Ready for Medicare Bundled Payments?
By Nancy Crotti When Medicare proposed in July that hospitals in 75 metro areas would have to accept “bundled” payments…
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Financial
SNFs lead bundled payment pilot participants
By Emily Mongon A new analysis shows skilled nursing facilities make up two-thirds of providers participating in a bundled payment…
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Spine
5 things to know about Medicare charges for cervical spine surgery
By Laura Dyrda A new study published in Spine examines how hospital characteristics impact Medicare charges and payments for cervical spine surgery. The researchers…
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