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CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a...
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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated...
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MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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MedPAC to Congress: End “incident-to” billing
Access to care should not be affected by paying nurse practitioners and physician assistants 85% of the physician fee every time.
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Medicare may best Medicare Advantage at reducing readmissions
Editorialists provide reasons to exercise caution when interpreting the results.
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Benefits of Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs lacking
When employing an instrumental variable model, there was not an association with changes in total spending per beneficiary per quarter.
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Medicaid expansion associated with lower cardiovascular mortality
Counties in states that expanded Medicaid coverage had a significantly smaller increase in cardiovascular mortality rates in middle-aged adults,...
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CBO predicts more Medicare spending with drug rebate proposal
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that spending in the Medicare program would increase by $170 billion over the 2020-2029 period due to...
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CDC warns against misuse of opioid-prescribing guideline
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising against misapplication of the agency’s guideline on opioid prescribing....
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Report: Part B funds stable, hospital trust running out
Annual report shows Medicare’s Part B trust fund is secure, while Medicare’s Part A trust fund will deplete in 7 years.