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NewsCMS issues rural ACO savings exemption
As a financial incentive to smaller accountable care organizations (ACO), ACOs in rural areas will be eligible for a savings exemption, according to a clarification released by the Centers for Read more...
Medicaid enrollees may start paying premiums, ER co-pays
Florida lawmakers have approved a bill that would levy premiums on its Medicaid enrollees and charge co-payments for their emergency room visits, reports Kaiser Health News. Gov. Rick Scott is Read more...
Specialists question ACO integration, show reluctance to join
Organizations representing oncologists and other specialty physicians are expressing some concerns about how accountable care organizations will be regulated, reports AIS Health. Officials with U.S. Read more...
CMS unveils new initiatives to kickstart ACO formation
While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to finalize the proposed rule on creating accountable care organizations (ACOs)--and listens to concerns from providers about Read more...
Reform could save Medicare $120B over five years
A new analysis of the Medicare program by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concludes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will save it more than $120 billion over the Read more...
ACO regs are 'overly prescriptive, operationally burdensome,' docs say
The American Medical Group Association has pushed back on the Obama Administration's recently released regulations on accountable care organizations, claiming they are too costly and complex to Read more...
Rehab facilities facing new quality reporting requirements
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) that fail to report selected quality data could see their Medicare payments reduced by at least 2 percent beginning in fiscal 2014 under a new proposed rule Read more...
Hospitals unhappy with CMS payment proposal
The American Hospital Association said it was "deeply disappointed" by the proposed rule issued late Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for fiscal 2012 that would decrease Read more...
Partnership takes aim at sepsis control
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Don Berwick, MD, joined with leaders of major hospitals, employers, Read more...
Berwick: Automatic payment cuts are unnecessary
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick said that President Obama's proposal to empower the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board to impose automatic payment Read more...
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