MLN Connects Provider eNews for January 07, 2016
(Source – CMS.gov) Below you will find a recent archive of MLN Connects® Provider eNews issues by release date. Please
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Author: Gerry Hafer
New Guidance for EPs Reporting the Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (CMS122v3) Measure for Program Year 2015
(Source – CMS.gov) Due to an error found in the logic, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
Read MoreFeds Funding Effort To Tie Medical Services To Social Needs
(By – Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News) The federal government has announced a $157 million project to help hospitals and doctors
Read MoreGaps Remain Among States’ Medicaid Efforts To Help People Kick Smoking Habit
(By – Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health New) The 2010 federal health law has a provision that was supposed to make
Read MoreHeavy Use Of CT Scans Raises Concerns About Patients’ Exposure To Radiation
(By – Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News) Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal inflammation
Read MoreHospitals Required To Keep Caregivers In The Loop
(By – Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News) Diana Matsushima cares for both her husband and sister-in-law full time, giving them
Read MoreVisualizing Health Policy: Recent Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) This Visualizing Health Policy infographic charts recent trends in employer-sponsored health insurance premiums. Between 1999
Read MoreNew Kaiser/New York Times Survey Finds One in Five Working-Age Americans With Health Insurance Report Problems Paying Medical Bills
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) Among the Insured with Medical Bill Problems, 63% Report Using Up Most or All Their
Read MoreCleveland Pressures Hospitals To Keep ERs Open To All Ambulances
(By – Sarah Jane Tribble, Ideastream, via Kaiser health News) When East Cleveland’s emergency medical squad gets called to treat
Read MoreMore Employers Offer Plans That Provide Lump Sums For Critical Illnesses
(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) Insurance policies that pay a lump sum if workers get cancer or another
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