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Affordable Care Act: Medicare ACO’s Get Mixed Results for First Year, But…
CMS issued a press release titled, "Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations succeed in improving care, lowering costs." CMS claims:…
CMS Proposed Rule: Physician Fee Schedules
On July 8, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update payment policies…
CMS Proposes Increased Incentives for Information on Misuse
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would increase incentives for people to report…
ProPublica Publishes Medicare Part D Prescriber Data
In 2010, the "investigative journalist organization" known as ProPubilca, through donations from the Pew Foundation and several…
HHS OIG Report on Medicare COI Finds Potential for Conflict But No Actual…
Federal law and regulations require Medicare Part D Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committees to make prescription drug…
Medicare Proposes to Cut Regulations on Critical Access Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a 114-page proposed rule that would loosen certain…
CMS Working on Predictive Modeling System to Combat Fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has is still working on creating a predictive-modeling system to combat…
CMS: 2014 Clinical Quality Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released the final 2014 clinical quality measures (CQMs) for eligible…
HHS CMS Proposed Rule on Essential Health Benefits
As predicted, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released new regulations to further implement the Patient…
CMS 2013 Final Payment Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final 2013 payment rules for hospitals, physicians and others contain a…