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An estimated 30% of Medicare fee-for-service payments were tied to quality or value through alternative payment models as of January, up from 20% in 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
About 20 million adults have gained health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services. The estimate includes 17.7 million adults under age 65 who gained coverage since October 2013, when the ACA’s Health Insurance…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.21% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,028,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 10,600 more people than in January and 181,200 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a toolkit to help health care providers track and respond to certain ICD-10 performance indicators to improve productivity and cash flow. Health care claims must include ICD-10 codes for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved a Michigan demonstration to expand Medicaid coverage and services to children and pregnant women affected by the water crisis in Flint, MI, the Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday. The city of Flint declared…
March 11 is the deadline for hospitals and eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2015 Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed its pending report to Congress on a prototype payment system that, if ultimately approved by Congress, could replace the current payment systems for home health, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation and long-term care hospital services.
Acute-care hospitals reduced central-line associated bloodstream infections by 50% and surgical site infections by 17% between 2008 and 2014, according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among other improvements, methicillin-resistant…
State expenditures to help providers in Medicaid Electronic Health Records Programs exchange health information with other Medicaid providers may be eligible for federal matching funds under the HITECH Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this week in a letter to…
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday alerted payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees.