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MedPAC Meets
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues. Among the issues on MedPAC’s March agenda were: options for slowing the growth of Medicare fee-for-service spending for emergency department service Medicare’s role in the supply of primary care physicians evaluating an episode-based payment system for […]
Surprise Medical Bills Lead Patients to Change Hospitals
/0 Comments/in National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockPatients who receive surprise medical bills are more likely to change hospitals than those who do not, a new study has found. According to an analysis of behavior by obstetrics patients, …11 percent of mothers experienced a surprise out-of-network bill with their first delivery, and this was associated with an increase of 13 percent in the odds […]
Stark Changes Coming to Facilitate Value Care?
/0 Comments/in Medicare, Medicare regulations, Value-based care /by Joseph SteinbockAt a Washington, D.C. conference, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced that changes coming in Stark law requirements will enable Medicare to make better use of value-based purchasing in its reimbursement system. In addition to addressing cybersecurity and electronic health record system issues, changes in the anti-self-referral law will seek to […]
800 Hospitals Face Medicare Penalties
/0 Comments/in Medicare, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph Steinbock800 hospitals will see their Medicare payments reduced one percent this year because they are among the 25 percent of hospitals in the U.S. with the highest rate of hospital-acquired conditions. Among the 800 hospitals are 110 that are being penalized for the fifth year in a row. Medicare’s hospital-acquired condition reduction program tracks a […]
NASH Introduces New Name
/0 Comments/in NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockIn a news release issued earlier this week, the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals introduced its new name. The news release also outlines the reasons for the group’s evolution from the National Association of Urban Critical Access Hospitals to the National Association of Urban Hospitals to the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, defines what constitutes […]