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6 Feb 2008, 8:09 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently modified its website and included a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section under the Physician Self Referral (Stark) section. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 7:48 pm
From last week's Premier press release:Hospital quality continues to improve while patient mortality rates and hospital costs are declining among participants in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration project, according to a recent analysis by the Premier healthcare alliance.According to the analysis, the broadest of its kind, of 1.1 million patient records from participating Hospital Quality… [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 11:58 pm
President Bush has signed into law S. 2499, the “Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 9:32 am
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the names of 54 nursing homes that had ranked as one of the worst in their state. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 3:25 am
We reported here several weeks ago the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disclosure of the 54 worst nursing homes in the United States. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 3:11 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced officially that beginning in October 2008 expenses incurred from medical mistakes made by health care providers will no longer be eligible for reimbursement. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 11:14 am
X----------------------------------- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers Medicare, has the responsibility to recover monies from past overpayments and to ensure that future medical benefits are paid by the primary payer (liability insurers, Worker's Comp, self-insureds, judgments, settlements, compromises, etc,) and not shifted to Medicare. [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 4:00 pm
Citing the need for additional clarification of what constitutes the "office of the billing physician" under the final anti-markup regulations issued as part of the 2008 Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued another regulation today postponing the effective date of the anti-markup regulations until January 1, 2009. [read post]
20 Dec 2007, 11:21 am
Keenan of The Connecticut Elder Law Blog posted this story pointing to a list of the worst nursing homes in the US by the federal government’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 3:37 pm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Internal Control Deficiencies Resulted in Millions of Dollars of Questionable Contract Payments, GAO-08-54, November... [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 1:57 am
And at McKendree Village, staffing shortages caused multiple problems, such as one patient lying in his own feces for 3 ½ hours, despite pushing the call light five times.According to state inspection reports, these are some of the conditions Tennessee's elderly residents endured that led to the three Middle Tennessee facilities being stripped of their funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this year.State… [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 9:51 am
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has compiled a list of 128 nursing homes that have repeatedly fallen in and out of compliance with government health and safety regulations and caused harm to their residents. [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 5:00 am
" According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Miami-Dade County alone accounted for more paid DME claims than 44 states. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 8:16 am
All of the homes on the list of 128 have repeatedly violated government regulations, earning them "special focus facilities" designation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 9:06 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid -- the federal agency that oversees the two huge tax-funded insurance programs that cover the elderly and the poor -- has "initiated a more rigorous process to oversee appropriate use of medicine," says Chief Medical Officer Barry Straube. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 8:27 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on November 26, 2006 enacting Section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 1:44 am
Russ Feingold (PDF 518 KB)Letter Asks the Attorney General to Provide his Views on the Legality of the CIA Interrogation and Detention Program12/10/2007
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff From Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe LiebermanLetter Requests Information About Waiving Environmental Requirements for Fence Construction Along the Mexican Border12/10/2007
Letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 8:02 am
Nearly 30% of the total nursing-home population is receiving antipsychotic drugs, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, known as CMS. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 5:21 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says nearly 21% of nursing-home patients who don't have a psychosis diagnosis are on antipsychotic drugs.Why do nursing homes push antipsychotics on residents who are not psychotic? [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 8:11 am
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a ranking of the United States’ “poor-performing” nursing homes. [read post]
