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Month: August 2015
Time to Rate the Republican Presidential Hopefuls Health Care Plans
(By – Hadley Heath – Independent Women’s Forum, via www.theblaze.com) A few Republican presidential hopefuls have offered specific healthcare proposals to replace
Read MoreEHRs Could Offer Benefits, But Security Concerns Remain
(By – ANN PURVIS, news.heartland.org) Since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act in 2009, doctors
Read MoreNY nonprofit insurers lose on Medicare under new Obamacare rules
(Source – tvnewsroom.org) Are the president and Krugman right, or was conservative commentator Sally Pipes correct when she wrote previous year
Read MoreCMS Announces a Virtual Office Hours Session regarding the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the 2016 Medicare Proposed Rule for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)
(Source – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS]) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to
Read MoreMedicare Bundled Payment Gains Momentum With Hospitals, Nursing Homes
(By – Bruce Japsen, Forbes Contributor) Even when medical care providers aren’t forced to accept bundled payments from Medicare that could
Read MoreCritical access hospitals losing money, but credit ratings safe over political support, Fitch says
(By – Henry Powderly, www.healthcarefinancenews.com) Though critical access hospitals will continue to earn less, Fitch Ratings this week said it does not
Read MoreShifting Hospice Reimbursement – Moving In The Direction Of Aligning Payment With Resource Concentration
(By – Jason B. Caron and Kate McDonald, via www.mondaq.com) The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for
Read MoreHealth Insurer Mergers Signify Shift in Health Care Marketplace
(By – Steve Sternberg, www.usnews.com) A pair of mergers involving four of the nation’s five for-profit health insurance goliaths—Cigna Corp. and Anthem,
Read MoreProviders Rush to Assume Medicare Risk under Bundled Payment Program
(By – Brian Fuller, avalere.com) A new Avalere analysis of Medicare’s new bundled payment program shows a strong and growing interest in
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