Category: CMS
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Intervention to connect low-income uninsured patients to primary care could improve health, reduce costs
An intervention to connect low-income uninsured and Medicaid patients to a reliable source of primary health care shows promise for reducing avoidable use of hospital emergency departments in Maryland. A University of Maryland School of Public Health study evaluating the results of the intervention was published this week in the May issue of the journal…
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CMS posts updated electronic clinical quality measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted its annual update for the 2014 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) for eligible hospitals and physicians. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/cms-posts-updated-electronic-clinical-quality-measures/2015-05-05?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss
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Applying palliative care principles to transform geriatric emergency care may reduce hospital admissions
Applying palliative care principles to emergency departments may reduce the number of geriatric patients admitted to intensive care units, possibly extending lives and reducing Medicare costs, according to a three-year analysis by Mount Sinai researchers set to be published in the May edition of Health Affairs, which can be found online. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150505/Applying-palliative-care-principles-to-transform-geriatric-emergency-care-may-reduce-hospital-admissions.aspx…
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CMS Proposes Changes for Meaningful Use to Take Effect in 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the requirements of the meaningful use program that would take effect in this current MU reporting year. David Holtzman breaks down some of the major proposals for HCI. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the requirements of the meaningful…
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Morning Headlines 5/1/15
Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Part D Prescriber CMS publishes a new dataset containing Medicare Part D prescription details for 2013, representing $103 billion in drug costs. athenahealth, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Results Athenahealth publishes its Q1 results: revenue is up 27 percent to $206 million, adjusted EPS $0.24 vs. $0.12.…
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Meaningful Use Stage 3, flexibility rules pose challenges, CIOs say
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules implementing Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program and adding flexibility to the current stages are steps in the right direction but still challenging to providers, according to several hospital CIOs. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/meaningful-use-stage-3-flexibility-rules-pose-challenges-cios-say/2015-04-29?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss
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Is Synchrony on the Horizon When It Comes to Harmonizing MD Quality Reporting Efforts?
0 The release of a strategic vision for physician quality reporting from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services coincides with a new report on ACO development–and together, the two developments may signal an emerging new era in terms of the potential harmonization of physician outcomes reporting As if federal healthcare officials hadn’t laid out…
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GAO Reports Three Potential Uses for Electronically Readable Medicare Cards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could implement electronically readable cards for beneficiaries and providers for a number of reasons, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could implement electronically readable cards for beneficiaries and providers for a number of reasons,…
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Monday Morning Update 4/27/15
Top News HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, testifying on the department’s $84 billion 2016 budget request, is challenged by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) who stated that half of doctors don’t like their EHRs to the point that they’ll accept Medicare penalties rather than deal with workflow disruption, adding that the AMA found that 70 percent of…
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Is Fee-for-Service dead?
By Deborah Leyva Link: CMS Lays Out Vision for Physician Quality Reporting Programs. “With passage of H.R.2 [SGR repeal and Medicare provider payment modernization], key components of these physician programs will serve as the foundation for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.” “The Strategic Vision describes in concrete terms how we will advance the goals and objectives…