Medicare
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Financial
AccentCare Health Management and Texas Orthopedics Collaborate To Reduce Cost and Improve Quality of Replacement Surgeries
Texas Orthopedics, Sports and Rehabilitation Associates’ patients in Central Texas will now be able to take advantage of a value-based…
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Financial
The future of orthopedics: ACOs, bundled payments, gain-sharing & the advantage in change
By Laura Dyrda Healthcare provider payment models are shifting from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance and risk-sharing models. By next year 30…
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Financial
Medicare bundled payment firm secures $50 million investment
By Bob Herman Remedy Partners, a company that helps hospitals and physicians with bundled payment programs, has raised $50 million from Bain…
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Extremities
U.S. proposes bundling some Medicare knee, hip replacement payments
The U.S. agency that runs federally funded health insurance programs has proposed restructuring payments for hip and knee replacement surgeries,…
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Financial
Mental Health, Sleep Medicine, And Sports Medicine Spending Has Increased, According To New Medicare Data
By Lecia Bushak According to a new report out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare’s mental health spending…
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Financial
Transition to risk: The future has arrived for health systems and physician groups
By Paul Jawin, JD and Lisa Fraser, MHA The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Federal government agency…
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Financial
U.S. proposes 0.9 percent cut in 2016 Medicare Advantage payments
BY CAROLINE HUMER (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday proposed a 0.9 percent cut in payments to health insurers for…
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Financial
Graduate Medical Education Financing: Why Care?
James R. Bean, MD, FAANS Neurosurgical residency training may take a haircut. In a report issued in July 2014, the…
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Financial
Why Medicare won’t force penalties on ACOs that don’t save money
By Melanie Evans | December 2, 2014 Medicare‘s accountable care contracts have proliferated fast and the program is poised to expand…
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Financial
Medicare fines 2,610 Hospitals Approximately $428 Million for Readmission Penalties
By Jordan Rau KHN Staff Writer Medicare is fining a record number of hospitals – 2,610 – for having too many…
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Hospitals
Upcoding in Medicare Advantage: Transparency can clean the mess
TRUDY LIEBERMAN That the government overpays sellers of Medicare Advantage plans is well known in Beltway circles even if much…
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Uncategorized
Doc groups ask Medicare to keep pay data under wraps a little longer
August 7, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani A coalition of more than 100 medical societies urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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