Category: CMS
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State highlights: N.C. panel finds Medicaid costs may not stabilize until 2020; Va. readies new mental health changes
State health policy stories from North Carolina and Virginia. …read more
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U.S. charges Russian diplomats with defrauding Medicaid in N.Y.C.
Federal officials say 49 Russian diplomats or their spouses defrauded Medicaid of about $1.5 million in improperly awarded benefits over ten years in New York City. …read more
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BREAKING NEWS: CHIME Confirms No New Flexibility in 2014 from CMS Announcement
Despite some initial effusion over an announcement made on Dec. 6 by CMS, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CHIME released a statement on Friday evening indicating that much of what was initially reported in the healthcare industry was not quite accurate. Despite some initial effusion over an announcement made on Dec. 6 by the federal Centers…
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CMS proposes extension of Meaningful Use Stage 2
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reversed its position on the timeline for implementing the Meaningful Use incentive program, proposing an extension of Stage 2 through 2016 and beginning Stage 3 in 2017 for those providers that have competed at least two years in Stage 2. read more …read more
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Breaking News: CMS to announce new timeline for Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reportedly will announce a new timeline for Stages 2 and 3 of the Meaningful Use program at 4:30 p.m. ET today. read more …read more
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CMS, ONC extend meaningful use
A joint CMS and ONC blog post today divulges the government’s intentions to extend the timeline for meaningful use Stages 2 and 3. read more …read more
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Medicaid signups may be affected by website glitches
The federal government has been unable to transfer full Medicaid applications to the 36 states participating in healthcare.gov, potentially leaving some who sign up for Medicaid without coverage. …read more
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Hopes dim for Medicare doctor payment fix this year, short-term ‘patch’ is likely
Lawmakers are proposing another “patch” to temporarily fix the “Sustainable Growth Rate,” while a permanent fix is being readied in Senate and House committees. …read more
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Viewpoints: Why can’t health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP’s resistance to Medicaid
For an “Amazon-like” experience, it isn’t enough to have a website that functions on the front end, the back end and in between. … You also need an Amazon-like culture, which is the product of other Amazon-like realities. …read more
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CMS may require EHRs for payment of chronic care management
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ expectation that physicians transition to electronic health records continues to rise with EHRs increasingly integrated into CMS’ 2014 physician payment rule. Of note was CMS’ controversial suggestion in the rule that the standards for future chronic care management should include required use of an EHR that meets Meaningful…