Tag: cms
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Grassley demands info on Advantage rate leak
A senior Senate Republican is demanding a complete timeline and details on communications between the CMS and a financial consulting firm after the firm told clients the agency will be turning a planned cut in Medicare Advantage payments into a…
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CMS oversight of health plan website subpar
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has done a poor job overseeing its “Plan Finder” website, created to aid consumers in their search for appropriate medical coverage, according to a report unveiled this week by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General. read more
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CMS does about-face on Medicare Advantage payment cuts
Apparently swayed by insurers and lawmakers, the CMS backtracked on an earlier plan to cut Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.2% in 2014 and instead decided to give them a 3.3% increase.
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CMS Creates Web-Based Tool for Medicare Chronic Conditions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboard to provide researchers, physicians, public health professionals, and policymakers data on the geographic spread, required services and costs for beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Medicare Chronic Conditions…
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Feds OK Calif. plan to put dual eligibles into managed-care plans
California on Wednesday became the fifth state — and by far the largest — to win approval of a CMS demonstration project that will put beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid into managed-care plans.
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CMS unveils chronic conditions dashboard
The CMS has created a website to make it easier for researchers to access federal data on Medicare patients, targeting those with multiple chronic conditions.
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Countdown To ICD-10: Prepared For Success? Or, Prepared To Fail?
The Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 implementation deadline is quickly approaching, leaving the healthcare industry little time to prepare for the transition. Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has previously extended the implementation deadline, the agency has strongly advised the industry that future extensions are unlikely.
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Senators set to push for details on CMS Innovation Center
Senators will get their first chance Wednesday to press for operational details from the head of a fledgling CMS office with the power to drive wide-scale changes in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Join the fight against Medicare fraud
Medicare fraud affects everyone. You can team up with Medicare to help. Our Senior Medicare Patrol volunteers are teaching people like you how to spot, report, and stop fraud, and protect themselves from identity theft. Here are some things you can do: Guard your Medicare and Social Security numbers. Treat them like you would treat…
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Privacy and Security’s Role in the eHealth Transformation
By Maribel Franey Improving the delivery of health care is the focus of the eHealth initiative. But eHealth also involves promoting standards and processes that will enable patient information to be shared in a more efficient and timely manner, while ensuring the data is kept private and secure. This brings me to the topic of…