Safety-Net Hospitals Improve More on Readmissions But Still More Likely to be Penalized
Hospitals that serve large numbers of minority patients are reducing [...]
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 [...]
Docs Not Scoring Performance Bonuses
Relatively few physicians will receive Medicare pay-for-performance bonuses under Medicare’s [...]
E&C Calls for Action on 340B
The section 340B prescription drug program has flaws and needs [...]
Medicare Penalizes Hospitals for Avoidable Injuries, Illnesses
Medicare is reducing payments to 751 hospitals because of the [...]
Senators Seek 340B Reprieve
A bipartisan group of senators has written to Senate majority [...]
The Battle Over 340B
Hospitals and other health care providers say it is an [...]
