Category: CMS
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CMS confirms dates, figures for ICD-10 testing
End-to-end ICD-10 testing for providers, announced late last month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will take place this July, CMS confirmed on Friday. read more …read more
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Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona’s Medicaid expander, won’t run again
The Republican governor pushed the state legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to most poor people in the state. …read more
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Va. officials using two-week respite to bolster arguments on Medicaid expansion
The state’s legislature adjourned without a budget because of arguments over growing the program for low income residents, and lawmakers will come back to try again March 24. …read more
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House Republicans plan: Delay individual mandate for five years
The idea is to use the savings to reverse the annual SGR cut for Medicare doctors. Also, a group of Catholic employers in Oklahoma is suing about the health law’s contraception coverage exception. …read more
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Findings reinforce need for standardization of living liver donor liver evaluation consent forms
New research reveals that 57% of liver transplant centers use living donor evaluation consent forms that include all the elements required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and 78% of centers addressed two-third or more of the items recommended by the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN). …read more
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Hospital CIOs: Despite MU hardship exemptions, pressure remains high
Despite the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recently published Meaningful Use hardship exemption guidance, hospital CIOs who serve on FierceHealthIT‘s Editorial Advisory Board said that the incentive program will still put their organizations under tremendous pressure. read more …read more
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Database collaboration seeks to enable better long-term outcomes
A database collaboration between the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons will link clinical data and allow for tracking of long-term patient outcomes. read more …read more
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Transamerica obtains 4-star Medicare Part D rating from CMS for 2014
Transamerica continues to provide exceptional value to Medicare customers by obtaining a 4-star Medicare Part D rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for 2014. …read more
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The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship Application
Many people have emailed me about the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship application for hospitals and eligible professionals. The most common question is – if I apply for hardship, what happens to my incentives and penalties? Here is my understanding: Put simply, if you want to get an incentive you have to do MU. For…
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Highlights: No-bid contract decision in Calif.; Fla. hospital Medicaid settlement; navigator restrictions in Kan.
A selection of health policy stories from California, Florida, Kansas, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin and Minnesota. …read more