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CMS Program Bundles Payments For Physician, Hospital Services

                   
emaxhealth.com
May 19, 2008
        
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CMS on Friday announced plans to launch a three-year Medicare pilot project in 2009 that will test a bundled-payment system in which physicians and hospitals are paid a single amount for all services associated with surgical procedures, CQ HealthBeat reports. CMS currently pays hospitals a... [read full story]                    

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New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care

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May 22, 2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 22 HHS-FDA-CMS-report WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A CMS final regulation published today will make it possible for federal agencies, states, and academic researchers to use claims data from the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D) -- subject to protections...

White House Opposes Use Of Medicare Advantage Indirect Medical Education Funds As Offset In...

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May 22, 2008
        

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Tuesday after a meeting of committee leaders said that the White House opposes the use of a decrease in Medicare Advantage indirect medical education funds to offset the cost of a provision in a broader Medicare bill that would delay for 18...

White House opposes use of Medicare Advantage indirect medical education funds as offset in...

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May 22, 2008
        

Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Tuesday after a meeting of committee leaders said that the White House opposes the use of a decrease in Medicare Advantage indirect medical education funds to offset the cost of a provision in a broader Medicare bill that would delay for 18 months a scheduled 10.6%...

                   

Future of access to Medicare bleak

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May 21, 2008
        

Edward Langston: In July, the government health insurance program for seniors and the disabled will automatically begin draconian payment cuts to physicians. Over a year and a half, the cuts translate to a loss of $200 million to Washington physician practices caring for Medicare patients.

Indirect Use Of Medicare Is Offset In Medicare Bill

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May 21, 2008
        

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Tuesday after a meeting of committee leaders said that the White House opposes the use of a decrease in Medicare Advantage indirect medical education funds to offset the cost of a provision in a broader Medicare bill that would delay for 18...

                   

CMS Announces Demonstration To Encourage Greater Collaboration And Improve Quality Using Bundled...

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May 21, 2008
        

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new demonstration for hospitals to test the use of a bundled payment for both hospital and physician services for a select set of episodes of care to improve the quality of care delivered through Medicare fee-for-service.

                   

Primary care physicians disappearing

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May 21, 2008
        

By Phil Sellers Guest Columnist The death of the era of primary-physician health care in the United States may be the unintended consequence of the 10.1 percent cut in Medicare physician fee payment scheduled for July 1. Medicare's control of all physician Medicare fees started with the birth of...

                   

CMS To Launch Three-Year Medicare Demonstration Program That Bundles Payments For Physician,...

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May 20, 2008
        

CMS on Friday announced plans to launch a three-year Medicare pilot project in 2009 that will test a bundled-payment system in which physicians and hospitals are paid a single amount for all services associated with surgical procedures, CQ HealthBeat reports. CMS currently pays hospitals a...

                   

Ending the Physician Payment Crisis: Another Reason for Major Medicare Reform

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May 20, 2008
        

Under existing congressional formulas, Medicare payment rates for the services that physicians provide to Medicare beneficiaries will be reduced by 10 percent in July of this year. Instead of reforming this broken payment system, Congress will doubtless resort to another short-term fix, repeating...

                   

CMS Officials Discuss Ways To Increase Low-Income Subsidy Enrollment In Medicare Drug Benefit

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May 20, 2008
        

officials, including acting Administrator Kerry Weems, on Friday at a hearing discussed strategies to increase enrollment in the Medicare drug benefit's low-income subsidy, CQ HealthBeat reports. The hearing between CMS and representatives of community and senior organizations focused on...

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