Readmissions Program Working; Expansion in Order?
The Medicare hospital readmissions reduction program is working, according to [...]
MedPAC Meets
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on Medicare [...]
New Bill Proposes Greater 340B Accountability
A new bill proposed last week by Senator Chuck Grassley [...]
Lay Outreach Workers Reduce Readmissions
A community hospital in Kentucky has found that employing lay [...]
States Adopt New Tools to Control Rising Medicaid Drug Costs
Faced with continued increases in the cost of prescription drugs [...]
Community Health Center Patients Often Have Housing Problems
Nearly half of the patients served by community health centers [...]
Chronic Care Program Shows Early Encouraging Results
Medicare’s chronic care management program appears to be reducing the [...]
Administration Slows Movement Toward Medicare Quality Payments
The Trump administration is slowing Medicare’s movement toward making greater [...]
Senators Push IRS on Non-Profit Compliance
Two prominent senators have written to the Internal Revenue Service [...]
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
Shifting Medicare Part B drug coverage into Medicare Part D. [...]
