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OIG: Billions in estimated Medicare Advantage payments ‘raise concerns’

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Federal investigators are concerned Medicare Advantage organizations may be using chart reviews

Eileen Cook December 16, 2019

CMS Health Care Finance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare - General

CMS to repay hospitals millions for off-campus clinic visits

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare will soon reimburse hospitals millions of dollars that were withheld over

Eileen Cook December 13, 2019

CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare Advantage

MA plans supplemental benefits more likely to be available in urban areas

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Medicare Advantage 2020 Spotlight report it found a total of 3,148 plans will be

Eileen Cook December 12, 2019

CMS Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

CMS Office of the Actuary Releases 2018 National Health Expenditures

(Source - cms.gov/newsroom) Total national healthcare spending in 2018 grew 4.6 percent, which was slower than the 5.4 percent overall

Eileen Cook December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Website Errors Raise Calls For Medicare To Be Flexible With Seniors’ Enrollment

(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Saturday is the deadline for most people with Medicare coverage to sign up

Eileen Cook December 6, 2019

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign

CMS accepting applications for primary care payment models

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is accepting applications from primary care physician practices, health systems and

Eileen Cook November 26, 2019

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Medicare’s new primary care payment rule is good news for patients

(By Robert McLean and Gary Leroy for ST A T) T he ongoing relationship between primary care physicians and their

Eileen Cook November 22, 2019

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Medicare improper payments down $7B

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The improper payment rate for Medicare fee-for-service declined $7 billion from fiscal

Eileen Cook November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

CMS Price Transparency

Hospital price transparency rule could come before year’s end, White House adviser says

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS could release a rule by the end of 2019 on a

Eileen Cook November 12, 2019

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Medicare premiums and deductibles going up for 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2020 premiums, deductibles and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part

Eileen Cook November 11, 2019