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22 Oct 2010, 7:02 am
Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced goals for CMS and specifically called for more community-based collaborations — in the form of interdisciplinary accountable care organizations. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 3:46 am
Administration on Aging. [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 3:18 am
Administration on Aging. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 8:26 pm
Typically the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) used historical error-rate data to identify the medical providers who committed the most medical mistakes and billing errors, and then worked to ensure corrective actions was taken. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 12:35 pm
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly denied Medicare benefits to a patient in a skilled nursing facility. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 12:35 pm
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly denied Medicare benefits to a patient in a skilled nursing facility. [read post]
17 Oct 2010, 11:56 am
On Sept. 23, 2010, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP). [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 8:00 am
The efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services are designed to increase options for children across America and are already having an impact. [read post]
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services – October 12, 2010
12 Oct 2010, 6:23 am
SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAMS RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS:On October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program grants totaling $9 million. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:00 am
Don Berwick, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, began the workshop by outlining his triple aim for health care: better care for individuals, better health for populations and reduced per-capita costs. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 5:56 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began making the quality ratings available in December 2008. [read post]
2 Oct 2010, 12:20 pm
What is surprising is the degree of consensus that Medicare’s shift to auctions is fatally flawed and must be fixed for the Medicare auctions to succeed in lowering costs while maintaining quality for medical equipment and supplies.For the last ten years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been testing an auction approach that is incredible in the inefficiency of its flawed design. [read post]
2 Oct 2010, 10:37 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which will be responsible for implementing the Shared Savings Program under the authority of the Secretary, has issued scant guidance on any specifics aside from a brief Preliminary Questions & Answers document posted on its website (the Q&A). [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:47 am
Healthcare matters remained highly relevant throughout the month of September, as comments were released on important home health regulations, as a lawsuit appeared likely to move forward, and as lawmakers and the President marked the six-month anniversary of the new healthcare reform law.36-MONTH RULE COMMENTS MADE PUBLIC:As we reported to you in our August 9 update (please visit www.eapdhealthcarereform.com to view this and other past updates), comments associated with the Centers… [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 7:26 pm
In the Notice concerning “Manufacturer Civil Monetary Penalties,” HRSA says it is reviewing the civil monetary (“CMP”) authorities currently used by other federal agencies such as the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Aviation Administration, Treasury, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 5:07 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that in 2007, nearly 90 percent of Indiana nursing homes were cited for violations of federal standards. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 10:37 am
Clissold – In a move that signals the future of medical product development, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced that they are considering establishing a parallel review process for reviewing and evaluating premarket, FDA-regulated medical products when the product sponsor and both agencies agree to such parallel review. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 9:30 pm
The company also has resolved civil False Claims Act allegations for its continued distribution of unapproved Levothroid after August 14, 2001, and for failing to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that the drug no longer qualified for coverage by government health care programs, thereby causing false claims to be submitted to those programs. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 8:52 am
CMS PROPOSES CHANGES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING REGULATIONS:In early September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that seeks to repeal specific elements of Medicaid prescription drug regulations that were published in 2007.The proposed rule would apply to provisions that were challenged in court by pharmacy groups following the initial 2007 implementation of the regulations, and that were also acted on… [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 5:10 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) already require certain large workers comp claims to have a Medicare Set-aside Arrangement approved by CMS (the federal government). [read post]
