Medicare
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Rescind the Medicare proposal restricting access to prosthetic limbs and returning amputees to 1970’s standards of care.
Medicare, through its contractors, has proposed new coverage, coding, and clinical care guidelines that would have a profoundly negative impact…
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2.5k hospitals penalized by CMS for high readmissions: 10 things to know
By Heather Punke In the fourth year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, 2,592 hospitals will face penalties to their…
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AccentCare Health Management and Texas Orthopedics Collaborate To Reduce Cost and Improve Quality of Replacement Surgeries
Texas Orthopedics, Sports and Rehabilitation Associates’ patients in Central Texas will now be able to take advantage of a value-based…
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Study finds big drop in Medicare mortality rates, hospitalizations, costs
By Liz Szabo The U.S. health care system has scored a medical hat trick, reducing deaths, hospitalizations and costs, a new study…
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The future of orthopedics: ACOs, bundled payments, gain-sharing & the advantage in change
By Laura Dyrda Healthcare provider payment models are shifting from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance and risk-sharing models. By next year 30…
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Medicare bundled payment firm secures $50 million investment
By Bob Herman Remedy Partners, a company that helps hospitals and physicians with bundled payment programs, has raised $50 million from Bain…
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$60 Billion That Medicare Wasted
That’s not unusual for federal investigators dealing with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the section of the Department…
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Extremities
U.S. proposes bundling some Medicare knee, hip replacement payments
The U.S. agency that runs federally funded health insurance programs has proposed restructuring payments for hip and knee replacement surgeries,…
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Doctors and nurses busted for $712 million Medicare fraud
By Katie Lobosco The FBI arrested 46 doctors and nurses across the country this week in the largest Medicare fraud…
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Mental Health, Sleep Medicine, And Sports Medicine Spending Has Increased, According To New Medicare Data
By Lecia Bushak According to a new report out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare’s mental health spending…
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Transition to risk: The future has arrived for health systems and physician groups
By Paul Jawin, JD and Lisa Fraser, MHA The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Federal government agency…
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U.S. proposes 0.9 percent cut in 2016 Medicare Advantage payments
BY CAROLINE HUMER (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday proposed a 0.9 percent cut in payments to health insurers for…
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Graduate Medical Education Financing: Why Care?
James R. Bean, MD, FAANS Neurosurgical residency training may take a haircut. In a report issued in July 2014, the…
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Why Medicare won’t force penalties on ACOs that don’t save money
By Melanie Evans | December 2, 2014 Medicare‘s accountable care contracts have proliferated fast and the program is poised to expand…
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Medicare fines 2,610 Hospitals Approximately $428 Million for Readmission Penalties
By Jordan Rau KHN Staff Writer Medicare is fining a record number of hospitals – 2,610 – for having too many…
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