Hospitals, Especially Safety-Net Hospitals, Struggle With Heart Failure Readmissions
For all the emphasis on reducing readmissions to hospitals, providers [...]
Court Rebuffs HHS on Two-Midnight Rule Pay Cut
A federal court has told the U.S. Department of Health [...]
Medicare Readmissions Program Unfair to Safety-Net Hospitals, Study Finds
Medicare’s readmissions reduction program penalizes hospitals based largely on the [...]
MedPAC Looks at Various Issues at September Public Meeting
The independent federal agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment [...]
Medicare Proposes Addressing Health Disparities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed Joint Replacement Program
Earlier this summer the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
Changes Coming For Medicare Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
In response to the concerns of hospitals, Medicare is planning [...]
Is Medicare “Pay for Performance” Doing the Job?
Three Medicare initiatives – its hospital readmissions reduction program, value-based [...]
Hospitals Stung By Readmissions Penalties
More than half of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized [...]
CMS: No New Home Health Agencies, Ambulance Services in Some Cities
The federal government is extending its current moratorium on new [...]
