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Posted May 31, 2012 1:07 EST
Good Old-Fashioned Medicine? CMS Tests Home Visits for Chronically Ill
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On June 1, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation launches the Independence at Home Demonstration. Primary-care practices around the country will provide home-based care to targeted patients with complex chronic diseases for a three-year period to see whether patients have been kept healthier and at less expense than under traditional Medicare.
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Posted May 29, 2012 3:05 EST
Do Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D) Really Save Medicare Money?
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As Medicare searches far and wide for ways to reduce costs, there's the perennial question: Is the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D) program saving money or needlessly running up costs?
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Posted May 21, 2012 7:36 EST
Medicare Zeroing in on Costly Services
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The government knows overbilling and fraud are widespread, and it is cracking down on abuses, but where else can it look? Medical equipment and home health services are two areas Medicare officials will need to examine closely.
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Posted May 15, 2012 5:05 EST
A Health Care Policy Lion Roars Out Against Premium Support
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As most of the business headlines focused on the recent sour Medicare Trustees Report, one of Washington's most revered health policy savants lashed out against Medicare myths and premium support proposals.
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Posted May 15, 2012 4:13 EST
CMS' HEN Project Hatches New Ideas in Patient Safety
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With the fate of the landmark Affordable Care Act hinging upon outcome of the fall elections, some health care observers are closely watching an historic public–private collaborative launched late last year with the potential for improving hospital health outcomes on a grand scale. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced its Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs) project in December 2011 through its Partnership for Patients program.
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Posted May 09, 2012 3:17 EST
Getting Up to Speed on Electronic Health Records
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It will be a tough slog for health care providers as they digitize their records. Using a carrot-and-stick approach, billions of dollars are waiting for them from a specialized government program -- or fines if they can't comply with complex rules.
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Posted May 08, 2012 6:55 EST
Medicare Story Hooks: From Unicorns to Cats on the ACO Beat
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If accountable care organizations (ACOs) accomplish what Medicare hopes they will, they could lead to one of the most important changes in how anyone has paid for medical care ever. That is how ambitious this new payment scheme is. Of course, ACOs could also crash and burn. The story hook for what’s going on here is a real-life version of an Aesop fable made into a famous children’s book, “Belling the Cat.”
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