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Serious nursing home quality problems still exist
According to new Congressional testimony by officials from the HHS inspector general's office, care at many nursing homes is actually dangerous to patients, despite ongoing efforts by CMS to identify Read more...
LA approves fines for patient dumping
It looks like Los Angeles is going to approve fines for hospitals that engage in what it defines as patient dumping. The city council has given preliminary approval to a measure under which hospitals Read more...
Study: Gain-sharing with physicians controls hospital costs
A new study has concluded that paying physicians a cash reward to cut hospital spending cuts costs without harming care quality or access. Some policymakers have raised concerns that such programs Read more...
Study: Care at safety net hospitals lagging
Care at safety net hospitals is of significantly lower quality than hospitals that don't serve the poor and underserved, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: New NPI deadline descending on providers
Hey, providers, are you ready to use your National Provider Identifier when filing claims with Medicare? Well, you'd better be, according to CMS. The agency intended to begin a crackdown last year, Read more...
DME firms storm the Hill to protest CMS contracting program
Durable medical equipment suppliers got their chance this week to tell Congress directly that they're not happy with Medicare's competitive bidding program. The suppliers addressed a meeting of the Read more...
CMS wants to cut skilled-nursing spending
CMS says it is proposing to cut about $770 million in overall payments to skilled-nursing facilities in fiscal 2009, though it also plans to help the industry with an inflationary update to absorb Read more...
Medicare disease management pilot ending this year
Three years ago, CMS hired eight private disease management firms to set up chronic care improvement programs for beneficiaries. The programs, which reached as many as 150,000 seniors enrolled in Read more...
Hospital says IA House speaker used position for retaliation
An Iowa hospital is accusing state House Speaker Pat Murphy of using his position to punish it after a labor dispute involving his wife. The facility, Dubuque-based Finley Hospital, notes that the Read more...
Study: MDs who treat minorities face quality challenges
Doctors who treat minorities tend to face a unique set of quality and financial challenges, according to a new study appearing in Health Affairs. The researchers, who used data from the 2004-05 Read more...
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