CMS Finalizes 2016 Medicare Payment Rules for Physicians, Hospitals & Other Providers
(Source – CMS.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules this week detailing how the agency
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Month: November 2015
Updated FAQs Help Consumers Understand the ACA Marketplaces As Third Open Enrollment Begins
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) Ahead of the third annual Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, the Kaiser Family Foundation
Read MoreIt’s Open Enrollment Time: What To Know About Obamacare Costs
(Source – Kaiser Health News) KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk about the impending open enrollment season
Read MoreA Med School Teaches Science And Data Mining
(By – Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News) Medicine, meet Big Data. For generations, physicians have been trained in basic science
Read MoreAlaskans Face Tough Choices Because Of High Insurance Costs
(By – Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Radio Network, Via Kaiser health News, 10/30/2015) Gunnar Ebbesson is used to paying a
Read More“Cadillac tax” truce coming to an end…
Action will be heating up starting this week in Washington on the ACA’s “Cadillac tax” provision–the 40 percent excise tax
Read MoreReimbursement for End of Life Counseling to begin 1/1/2016
Dr. Patrick Conway, Medicare’s chief medical officer, announced recently that Medicare will begin reimbursing for “end-of-life” or “advance care planning”
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