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NewsWill ACOs show financial returns?
Despite projected goals of saving $400 million in three years of Shared Savings and $1.1 billion in five years for the Pioneer Program, accountable care organizations (ACO) encounter skeptics on Read more...
The Don Berwick legacy on his last CMS day
As Dr. Donald Berwick exits the administrator post at the Centers for the Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today, the healthcare industry reminisces about his 18 months in office. Although cut Read more...
Providers cheer Tavenner as new CMS administrator
Early reactions from providers show support for the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With Dr. Donald Berwick's pre-Thanksgiving resignation from his post, Read more...
Berwick: Improve care, reduce errors to save healthcare dollars
Thanks to the federal deficit and state budget cuts, hospitals may be forced to eliminate services to free up needed funds. But CMS Chief Dr. Donald Berwick said hospitals should avoid cutting 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...
CMS moves toward rescinding clinical approval rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is taking steps toward rescinding a regulation that requires a physician or other qualified clinical practitioner's signature to requisition a Read more...
CMS to fund $100M in Medicaid grants to encourage healthy living
CMS will distribute $100 million in new Medicaid grants to states to help run preventive medicine programs. The grants, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, will offer Medicaid enrollees incentives Read more...
Berwick: ACO rule due out soon
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick last week promised that his office will "imminently" issue the long-awaited proposed rule for accountable care organizations, Read more...
Obama's budget disappoints hospital groups
Hospital groups have expressed dismay over President Obama's proposed FY 2012 budget, which cuts programs and stretches states thinner. The main hospital lobby, the American Hospital Association, Read more...
Berwick attempts to quell fears of rationing
Republicans have not had much of a chance to grill Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick on his healthcare views, considering his recess appointment last summer Read more...
| Press ReleasesAffordable Care Act Announcement Supporting Health Care InnovationWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Monday, November 14, 2011, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be joined by Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers Read more >> Affordable Care Act Announcement Supporting Health Care InnovationWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Monday, November 14, 2011, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be joined by Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers Read more >> Pharmacists Prepare to Flee California Medicaid ProgramCMS Approval of Provider Cuts Will Result in Dire Consequences for Patients SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) has sent a letter to Dr. Donald Read more >> More people using free preventive benefits provided by Affordable Care ActNumber of people who received 50 percent discount on prescription drugs also rises WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported today that nearly 20.5 Read more >> Secretary Sebelius announces major public-private campaign in fight against heart diseaseWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Tuesday, September 13, HHS Secretary Sebelius will be joined by CDC Director Thomas Frieden, CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, and key business, nonprofit and Read more >> |
