Bill Would Modify Medicare Readmissions Program
New legislation introduced in Congress would add a risk adjustment [...]
Bill Would Clarify Medicare’s “Two Midnight Rule”
A new bill introduced in the Senate last week would [...]
Increase Use of Value-Based Purchasing, HHS Told
A study performed for the U.S. Department of Health and [...]
President Presents Proposed FY 2015 Budget
Yesterday the Obama administration unveiled its proposed FY 2015 federal [...]
CMS Offers Additional Guidance on “Two-Midnight Rule”
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued [...]
Enthusiasm Waning for Permanent Medicare Doc Fix
While most health care interests and members of Congress want [...]
New Approaches to Serving Dual Eligibles Set to Launch
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that encourage states to [...]
Some Hospitals Stand to Lose Medicaid Expansion, DSH Money
When the Supreme Court made Medicaid expansion optional rather than [...]
Observation Status, the “Two-Midnight Rule,” and Continuing Controversy
Amid continuing complaints from hospitals, the Centers for Medicare & [...]
ACOs Show Encouraging Signs
Provider groups that just completed their first year in Medicare’s [...]
