Category: CMS
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A heavy lift? legal challenge to Medicare’s ‘two midnight’ rule
Modern Healthcare reports that some legal experts say it will be tough to convince judges to overturn the controversial rule on classifying Medicare in-patients. …read more
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Top 25 MU attesters earned $171 million in 2012
The 25 doctors who attested to Meaningful Use in 2012 and received the most Medicare reimbursements were paid a total of $171 million, according to a personal blog post from Steven Posnack (pictured), director of federal policy division at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. read more …read more
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Offshore outsourcing a risk to personal health information, OIG report warns
State Medicaid agencies that outsource administrative functions to foreign contractors could be putting personal health information at risk, warns a report from the Office of the Inspector General. read more …read more
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CMS issues MU attestation guidance for providers in group/health system settings
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance to help eligible hospitals and eligible professionals who are part of larger entities or who practice in multiple locations and participate in the Meaningful Use program. read more …read more
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CMS Website Finally Recognizes ICD-10 Delay
Nearly two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the temporary Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) “doc fix” bill that included a one-year extension to ICD-10 implementation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just now updated its website to acknowledge the delay. Nearly two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the temporary Sustainable Growth…
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Three Things Healthcare IT Leaders Need to Know About Medicare’s MD Data Release
0 By week’s end, the news had been overshadowed by the news that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was resigning; but the massive Medicare physician payment data release on April 9 was a very important development indeed By week’s end, the news had been strongly overshadowed by the announcement that Secretary of Health and Human Services…
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Cognitive impairment common among seniors living in nursing homes and community
More than 70% of elderly Medicare beneficiaries experience cognitive impairment or severe dementia near the end-of-life and may need surrogate decision makers for healthcare decisions. Advance care planning for older adults with dementia may be particularly important for individuals who do not reside in a nursing home or a long-term care facility, according to an…
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Viewpoints: Medicare’s ‘doctor payment problem’; a ‘wasted advantage’; ‘puzzling’ Rand numbers
The news that a small percentage of the country’s physicians collected billions of dollars from Medicare in a single year may or may not be a testament to individual greed; some of the top recipients are under investigation for allegedly bilking the system, while others work long hours delivering costly care. …read more
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Details — and limits — of Medicare billing data emerge
News outlets begin to analyze the wealth of information now available as a result of Wednesday’s release by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services of a trove of payment records. They also note the limits. …read more
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Study explores benefits of medication therapy management in Medicare patients
Low-risk Medicare patients entering home health care who received medication therapy management by phone were three times less likely to be hospitalized within the next two months, while those at greater risk saw no benefit, according to a study led by Purdue University. …read more