MedPAC Recommends Socio-Economic Risk Adjustment of Medicare Advantage Star Ratings
The agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues has [...]
CMS Proposal Would Mandate Hospital Discharge Planning
Hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid would be required [...]
Abandoned Patients
It does not happen often, but it does happen: patients, [...]
Medicare Readmissions Program Unfair to Safety-Net Hospitals, Study Finds
Medicare’s readmissions reduction program penalizes hospitals based largely on the [...]
Medicare Proposes Addressing Health Disparities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled [...]
Socio-Economic Status Affects Health, Study Shows
A new study by California state public health officials has [...]
Report on Public Health and Health Care
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a report summarizing [...]
30-Day Readmission Standard Flawed, Study Suggests
A new study raises the possibility that Medicare’s policy of [...]
Looking at Payment and Delivery System Reform
Last fall the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation brought together grant [...]
Numbers Link Medicaid Expansion, Diabetes Diagnoses
One of the primary arguments made by the National Association [...]
