Category: CMS

The votes will likely set up a conference committee showdown related to the state’s two-year budget plan. Meanwhile, news outlets also report on developments from Arkansas, Mississippi and California. …read more    

Investigators said the scheme — which rang up $75 million in fraudulent claims — is the largest in the history of the city. …read more    

Heart failure accounts for 6.5 million hospital days a year, and a new study reported in the Journal for Healthcare Quality showed that Medicaid patients and those with comorbid illnesses have longer lengths of stay for treatment of heart failure. …read more    

There’s nothing like a crisp New England winter evening, a roaring fire, a cup of cider, and a 242 page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to fill your Friday night. I’ve summarized the preamble and all 50 criteria to save you time as you consider the proposals during the 60 day comment period. Note that no…

At the CHIME-HIMSS Forum held Feb. 23 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, senior CMS and ONC officials discussed pressing healthcare IT policy issues with Russell P. Branzell, chairman of CHIME, in front of an audience of several hundred attendees. Just what do the terms “flexibility” and “user-centered design” mean? And what are the senior officials…

The recorded vote, likely to be held Thursday, is designed to demonstrate the sweeping Republican opposition to the expansion, which is one of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s main legislative goals. …read more    

Democrats in competitive races seem to have gotten hall passes to try to dissociate themselves from ObamaCare heading into the midterm elections, but the White House must be ruing some of the liberties their party comrades are taking with this new political independence. Witness the parade of Democrats pleading for more money for that great…

Today’s headlines include reports checking the status of different state health exchanges as well as efforts to expand Medicaid. …read more    

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that is reversing course and will conduct end-to-end testing for a small sample group of providers. The news won partial approval of CMS from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

There’s been a lot of hoopla about how a bipartisan group in Congress has finally reached a deal to repeal the much maligned sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, the method currently used to compensate physicians participating in Medicare. But a deep dive into the actual language of the bill raises a slew of questions regarding…