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6 Nov 2011, 10:35 am by Jeff Marshall
The 10% cuts which were approved byThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on October 27th of this year may actuallybe higher since they are based on payment rates in effect two years ago. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 4:01 am
Having steps taken at important federal agencies—like the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—would go a long way to cracking down on the misuse of these drugs, which have deadly effect of the lives of nursing home residents. [read post]
5 Nov 2011, 5:40 am
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also being called on to establish high-profile education campaigns to advise consumers, nursing home employees, and physicians about these dangers in an effort to encourage alternative treatments. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 2:12 pm
The post highlights comments CDT issued to a proposed regulation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).The proposed rule would compel federal or state government agencies to collect claims and encounter data from health plans in the individual or small group markets, essentially creating new centralized databases of sensitive health information. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 11:00 am by Marsha Tesar
For many who wait too long pondering this question, their default option is the more complicated question of Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 3:37 am by Robert Kraft
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the figures for Medicare premiums for 2012, and it’s generally good news for seniors. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 2:11 pm
CMS, the Department of Health and Human Services Departmental Appeals Board ("DAB") held that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") "was authorized to revoke the Medicare provider enrollment of Petitioner, Izgel Medical Services, PLLC" for its failure to timely report to CMS a change in its practice location. 42 CFR 424.516(d)(1)(iii) requires that physician practitioner organizations… [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 10:26 am
The AMDA further urges the body to support more research into medication alternatives and to collaborate with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on relevant educational tools and programs. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 12:10 pm by Steve Smith
A report by the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. states that, with the reform bill, Medicare savings will be about $130 billion over 10 years, by reducing overpayments to private Medicare Advantage plans. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 12:10 pm by Steve Smith
A report by the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. states that, with the reform bill, Medicare savings will be about $130 billion over 10 years, by reducing overpayments to private Medicare Advantage plans. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Mima Mohammed
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule creating requirements for accountable care organizations (ACOs) that participate in Medicare, offering health care providers to opportunity to cut costs. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:18 pm
So the Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) compared hospitals it accredited with those it didn’t using other evidence-based measures of quality. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 3:00 am by Kyle Krull
For many who wait too long pondering this question, their default option is the more complicated question of Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 2:05 pm by Deven McGraw
10/24/2011 Author:  Deven McGraw Health Privacy HITECH/ARRA Implementation Medicare recipients now have more control over the privacy of their medical information, owing to new rules adopted last Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services… [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 1:13 pm
Facilities are already short staffed but the Medicare payment to long-term care or rehabilitation facilities will be cut by 11.4 percent and Medicaid will be cut by 6.5 percent. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 11:48 am by Daniel S. Swinton, Esq.
Medicare Advantage plans can change their benefit package and as well as their provider network.According to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Advantage premiums are expected to decrease by an average of 4 percent next year from this year, while Part D plan premiums will likely increase about 2 percent to $30 a month, on average. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 9:06 am
Today's post was authored by FWH attorney Sue Nolan The final rule implementing provisions of the Medicare Shared Savings Program for Accountable Care Organizations (“Final Rule”) was released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") on October 20, 2011. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 7:38 am by Thom Cooper
By: JM Megail Gaumer More benefits, better choices and lower costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging people with Medicare and their families to begin reviewing drug and health plan coverage options for 2012. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 11:44 am
According to the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, state nursing homes will see a $200 million cut in annual Medicare payments under a new rule announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]