New Report Highlights Benefits of 340B Program
A new report describes how the federal government’s 340B Drug [...]
Bill Proposes Modifying Ban on Higher Medicare Outpatient Payments
A new bill introduced in the House Ways and Means [...]
Bill Proposes Risk-Adjusting Medicare Readmissions Program
A new bill introduced in the House Ways and Means [...]
Socio-Economic Factors Leading Cause in Pediatric Asthma Readmissions
African-American children suffering from asthma are readmitted to hospitals more [...]
Covered by Medicare But Underinsured
Nearly a quarter of the country’s 50 million Medicare beneficiaries [...]
Congressional Task Force Considers Medicaid Reforms
A House Energy and Commerce Committee group is looking at [...]
Quality Program Sometimes Rewarding Low Quality
A 2015 change in Medicare’s value-based purchasing program has resulted [...]
Affordability a Challenge for Many Newly Insured
Many Americans who have obtained private health insurance through the [...]
Background Information on Payment Methodologies and Benefit Design
The Urban Institute has issued two new papers with background [...]
Medicare Proposes New Way to Pay Docs
Clinicians would be paid based more on the quality of [...]
