Medicare Unveils New ACO Program
The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is launching [...]
Congress to Consider Adding Risk Adjustment to Medicare Readmissions Program
A new bill introduced in Congress this week would require [...]
MedPAC Looks at Short-Stay Issues
The agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues is [...]
MACPAC Looks at Medicaid, CHIP Issues
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), the [...]
HHS Inspector General Outlines 2015 Oversight Agenda
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of [...]
Insurance Expansion Won’t Hurt Access to Primary Care, Study Finds
Fears that significant increases in the numbers of Americans with [...]
States Seek to Reduce ER Use Among Medicaid Patients
Even though the rate at which non-Medicaid recipients inappropriately use [...]
Administration Blocks No-Hospitals Insurance Plans
Health insurance plans that do not include hospital benefits fail [...]
Proposal for Improving Medicare Physician Payments
Last year, Congress considered shifting Medicare’s payments to physicians from [...]
MedPAC Looks at New Quality Measures
Amid Medicare’s effort to encourage hospitals to improve the quality [...]
