Medicare Proposes Updating Physician Quality Program
Medicare is proposing changes in its quality program for outpatient care provided by physicians. In a newly proposed regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes adding 28 new measures to Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System and removing [...]
The Cost of Rejecting Medicaid Expansion
The 24 states that have chosen not to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act have cost 1.4 million of their residents a source of regular health care, failed to generate an estimated 184,000 jobs through the end [...]
CMS Provides Details on Medicare Chronic Care Payments
Following up on last year’s announced introduction of special payments to physicians who care for seniors with chronic medical conditions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a draft regulation that provides further information about how those [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 7 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
Medicaid, CHIP Enrollment on the Rise
Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) increased by six million people between October of 2013 and April of 2014. Most of these new enrollments were driven by Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act, and [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 6 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 5 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
Keep Medicaid Pay Boost, Docs Ask Congress
Physician groups and other health care organizations are asking Congress to continue the increase in Medicaid payments that primary care providers have been receiving for nearly two years. The pay raise, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, was instituted to [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 4 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
With or Without Medicaid Expansion, Uninsured to Decline in Cities
The number of uninsured residents of major cities will continue to decline – but more so in cities located in states that are expanding their Medicaid programs. According to a new study by the Urban Institute, an analysis of 14 [...]
