Medicare Unveils New ACO Program
The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is launching [...]
Congress to Consider Adding Risk Adjustment to Medicare Readmissions Program
A new bill introduced in Congress this week would require [...]
MedPAC Looks at Short-Stay Issues
The agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues is [...]
Proposal for Improving Medicare Physician Payments
Last year, Congress considered shifting Medicare’s payments to physicians from [...]
MedPAC Looks at New Quality Measures
Amid Medicare’s effort to encourage hospitals to improve the quality [...]
MedPAC Calls for Equalization of Some Post-Acute-Care Payments
The agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment policies has [...]
MedPAC Looks at Short Hospital Stays
The independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues [...]
Medicare Seeks to Put Pedal to the Metal on Quality-Related Payments and Care
The federal government has unveiled its intention to pursue a [...]
MedPAC Mulls Payment Per Beneficiary for Primary Care
At a recent meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission [...]
Medicare Giveth and Medicare Taketh Away
With a growing number of Medicare programs basing portions of [...]
