CMS Proposes Small Hike in Inpatient Rehab Pay
Posted on 25. Apr, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 1.5% increase in payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities for fiscal year 2012.
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Medicare Plans Pay Cuts for Hospitals
Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule that would cut Medicare payments to hospitals by nearly $500 million in 2012.
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Washington Watch: Shutdown Averted for Now
Posted on 05. Mar, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Congress approved a stopgap measure this week to keep the federal government running for another two weeks, averting a shutdown that would have cut the flow of money for Medicare, Medicaid, and countless other government programs.
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GOP Senators Want Berwick Out of CMS
Posted on 03. Mar, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In a letter to President Obama, 42 Republican senators called for the removal of Donald Berwick, MD, as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Drugmakers, Fraud Fighting to Pay for Proposed SGR Fix
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The money to pay for the two-year “fix” to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) included in the Obama administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, would come from quality improvements, detecting more Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and decreased revenue for the pharmaceutical industry.
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House Panel Hears Opposing Views on Reform Law
Posted on 10. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In a particularly contentious congressional hearing, House Republicans heard from the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who said the new healthcare law will bring down the costs of healthcare, and another CMS employee who said it would do just the opposite.
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Washington Week: Pain Dominates FDA Agenda
Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — It was quiet on the Hill this week as Congress continued the August holiday but it was business as usual at the FDA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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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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Obama Nominates Berwick to Head CMS
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — President Obama officially nominated Donald Berwick, MD, a pediatrician and health policy scholar, to be the first permanent administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in four years.
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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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