Safety-Net Hospitals Have Higher Readmission Rates for Cancer Surgery Patients
Patients who have cancer surgery at safety-net hospitals are more [...]
MedPAC Urges Socio-Economic Risk Adjustment of Readmissions Reduction Program
The independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues [...]
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 [...]
Covered by Medicare But Underinsured
Nearly a quarter of the country’s 50 million Medicare beneficiaries [...]
Quality Program Sometimes Rewarding Low Quality
A 2015 change in Medicare’s value-based purchasing program has resulted [...]
Medicare Proposes New Way to Pay Docs
Clinicians would be paid based more on the quality of [...]
Readmissions Reduction Target Too High?
Medicare’s goal of reducing hospital readmissions 20 percent – a [...]
Hospitals Turn to Community Health Workers to Prevent Readmissions
It’s a new twist on an old concept: employ peers [...]
Low Participation Plagues Dual-Eligibles Demo
A federal demonstration program that seeks to improve care for [...]
