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28 May 2008, 8:17 am
In last week's mail bag:L&M Policy Research, LLC, and its partners, the National Imaging Associates and the Lewin Group, have been contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop imaging efficiency measures. [read post]
23 May 2008, 12:38 pm
According to the Department of Health and Human Services:"CMS [Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services] is adding information about the number of certain elective hospital procedures provided to those patients and what Medicare pays for those services. [read post]
20 May 2008, 2:36 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday released the names of the 325 suppliers that have signed contracts with Medicare to provide certain medical equipment and supplies to beneficiaries in Kansas City and nine other communities throughout the... [read post]
19 May 2008, 9:16 am
Hillcrest-West has until May 25 to submit a detailed plan of correction, said Lee Millman, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
11 May 2008, 5:03 am
On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the issue of competitive bidding of durable medical equipment under the Medicare Fee-For-Service program. [read post]
8 May 2008, 11:00 pm
Just when we thought we understood Stark II, Phase III, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued proposed changes to significant portions of this rule as part of its Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2009 (the "IPPS Proposed Rule"). [read post]
8 May 2008, 11:00 pm
Just when we thought we understood Stark II, Phase III, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued proposed changes to significant portions of this rule as part of its Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2009 (the "IPPS Proposed Rule"). [read post]
7 May 2008, 5:16 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a Press Release dated May 7, 2008 its new pilot test project in South Carolina that will use an on-line tool called a Personal Health Record (PHR) to give Medicare beneficiaries the ability to collect and then access information about their health or health care services, and collect information about their health. [read post]
6 May 2008, 7:52 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its action plan for nursing home improvement. [read post]
5 May 2008, 3:43 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has threatened to cut its payments for nursing homes by 0.3%. [read post]
1 May 2008, 5:28 pm
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25 Apr 2008, 3:21 pm
The Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare website has added a new section that allows viewers to see information on nursing homes and identify homes that have drawn increased federal scrutiny for complaints and other forms of nursing home abuse and neglect. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 2:19 pm
>Guidance released recently by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sheds new light on an issue that has created hardships for beneficiaries and challenges for advocates trying to help them. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 5:55 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to add an additional nine categories to its initial list of 8 "conditions that could reasonably have been prevented. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 12:45 am
"Beginning on Oct. 1, 2008, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer reimburse hospitals for treatment related to eight major preventable errors, including objects left in the body after surgery and certain kinds of surgery-related infections. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 6:12 pm
As previously reported on this blog, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had announced in 2007 that they intended to send requests for information to all Medicare participating hospitals for details regarding the investment/ownership and compensation arrangements between those hospitals and physicians to determine whether the arrangements were in compliance with the federal Stark statute. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 12:12 pm
Starting Oct. 1, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will stop reimbursing hospitals for the treatment of eight major preventable errors, including objects left in the body after surgery and certain kinds of post-surgical infections. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 11:33 am
For the first time, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted consumer survey information on its Hospital Compare Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov) that attempts to capture the experiences of a patients in a hospital. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 5:14 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also put in place temporary management at the facility It seems that Tennessee Nursing Homes could limit their exposure to lawsuits by making sure homes like Country Place provide quality care. [read post]
6 Apr 2008, 4:23 am
Three Virginia facilities are on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) "worst" list -- Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation in Virginia Beach, Ruxton Health of Woodbridge, and Harbour Pointe M & R Center in Norfolk. [read post]
