Payment
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Doctors, facing another pay cut in 2025, call for permanent Medicare payment reform
November 2, 2024 – By Heather Landi “There needs to be a systematic reform that makes Medicare payment rational, predictable and…
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Premia Spine Announces New Technology Add-On Payment for TOP™ System
First Facet Replacement to Transform Spinal Treatment of Spinal Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis with Superior Alternative to Traditional Fusion Surgery NORWALK,…
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Senate and House members urge CMS to increase inpatient hospital payment
Changes are sought before CMS releases the IPPS final rule. Susan Morse, Executive Editor – July 27, 2022 Ahead of the…
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Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule is expected to increase hospital payments by $1.6B. April 19, 2022, Susan…
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Titan Medical Receives Final Milestone Payment and Retires Senior Secured Loan From Medtronic
January 26, 2022 TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Titan Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: TMDI; TSX: TMD), a medical technology company focused on the design and…
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Hospital payments increase 2.8% under CMS proposed rule
April 28, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and…
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CMS grants transitional pass-through (TPT) payment for Stryker’s SpineJack® System
KALAMAZOO, Michigan, USA, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the SpineJack implantable fracture reduction system…
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AAOS Concerned About Unintended Consequences of Drastic CMS Proposal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) President Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS, issued the following statement…
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CMS proposes 2.6% boost to ASCs, outpatient clinics and further cuts 340B program
August 4, 2020 / by Robert King The Trump administration aims to increase Medicare payment rates for outpatient hospital departments and…
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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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Common Questions About Stimulus Payment Problems, Answered
April 22, 2020 / BY MADELEINE CARLISLE Like many Americans, 62-year-old Larry Dansky of Ashland, Ore., has been anxiously awaiting his…
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CMS wants to boost inpatient rehab payments by 2.9% in 2021
April 16, 2020 / MICHAEL BRADY The CMS Thursday proposed to increase Medicare payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 2.9%, or $270…
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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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Joint replacement bundled payments losing their appeal in BPCI Advanced
HARRIS MEYER / January 24, 2020 Analyses of CMS data on Medicare’s largest bundled-payment demonstration suggest providers may have reached…
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MedPAC recommends 3.3% raise to hospitals in 2021
MICHAEL BRADY / January 16, 2020 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend hospitals receive a…
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