CMS Testing Bundled Payments for Medicare
Posted on 23. Aug, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new plan on Tuesday that would pay interested doctors, hospitals, and other providers bundled Medicare payments.
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Washington Week: Medicare Data Slated to Rank Docs
Posted on 11. Jun, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — This week’s highlights: Medicare data on how doctors are performing on certain quality measures will soon be public knowledge, and medical groups weighed in on CMS’ accountable care organization regulations.
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Washington Week: Administration Serves Up New Nutrition Icon
Posted on 05. Jun, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The federal government dished out some anticipated nutrition news this week when it released its brand new health icon to replace the confusing food pyramid, the American Medical Association names a new executive vice president, and CMS said it would go a little easier on doctors who aren’t ready to ditch their paper prescribing pad just yet.
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CMS Announces Plan to Speed Up ACO Formation
Posted on 18. May, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Doctor and hospital groups eager to become Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) could get started sooner than expected under a “pioneer model,” the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced this week.
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Hospitals to Be Paid for Quality, Not Quantity, CMS Says
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin paying hospitals bonuses based on adherence to quality measures and based on patient satisfaction under a final Medicare rule published Friday.
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CMS to Consider Evidence on Bone Growth Agent
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) will meet in September to consider available evidence for using bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for a number of on-label and off-label uses.
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Washington Week: FDA Staff Slam Avandia; Obama Instals Berwick in CMS Post
Posted on 11. Jul, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — FDA reviewers suggest pulling rosiglitazone (Avandia) from the market and President Obama uses a recess appointment to putget Donald Berwick, MD, into the seat as head of CMS.
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CMS Releases Data on Hospital Outpatient Care
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
The public can now review data on the quality of outpatient care provided by individual hospitals at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospital Compare website.
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Washington Week: Berwick Tapped for CMS, Insurers in Spotlight
Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — President Obama finally named a new CMS chief and insurance companies briefly looked generous.
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Obama to Nominate Donald Berwick to Head CMS
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — President Obama plans to nominate Donald Berwick, MD — a leading proponent of quality improvement in the medical system — to run the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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