Medicare
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the much-anticipated proposed regulation for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which encourages the voluntary formation of accountable care organizations \(ACOs\).
As more rural Americans gain access to health coverage through Medicaid and the commercial markets, rural hospitals will experience greater patient demand that may strain already limited staff and capital resources.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently took steps to operationalize the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record \(EHR\) incentive programs. The incentive programs provide bonus payments to certain physicians and hospitals for the adoption and ")meaningful use") of…
HHS Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet - April 2009
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated proposed regulation for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which encourages the voluntary formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs).
On March 31, information on Medicare hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time. Unlike the display of other Hospital Compare measures, the data will be made available as an electronic file showing raw data and the rates for eight HACs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recently the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP Final Rule on Additional Screening Requirements, Application Fees, Temporary Enrollment Moratoria, Payment
On January 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed regulation for the new hospital value-based purchasing \(VBP\) program. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 \(ACA\) established a Medicare VBP program to pay hospitals for their actual…