Safety-Net Hospitals Improve More on Readmissions But Still More Likely to be Penalized
Hospitals that serve large numbers of minority patients are reducing [...]
Senate Committee Looks at 340B Program
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) held [...]
MedPAC Issues 2018 Report to Congress
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has issued its 2018 report [...]
New Report Details Key Health Care Provisions in February Budget Bill
The Congressional Research Service has published a new report describing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
Shifting Medicare Part B drug coverage into Medicare Part D. [...]
