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- Rural Hospital Pay Adjustment Extended Through FY 2013 by CMS Written by Jim McLaughlin | March 05, 2013
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Tests Orthopedic Bundled Payment Model Written by Anuja Vaidya | February 19, 2013
Billing & Coding
CMS has extended (pdf) through October 2013 the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program for rural hospitals, as well as payment increases to low-volume hospitals prescribed by the…
Much buzz has been generated for months about the crisis of across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday after Congress failed to pass an equivalent…
Originally scheduled for March 1, the 2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians related to the across-the-board budget cuts from the sequester won't begin until…
The concept of accountable care organizations — of payors and care providers working together to achieve the triple aim of lowering healthcare costs while improving…
Just 60 percent of physicians are willing to participate in an accountable care arrangement, leaving 40 percent still unwilling to participate, according to a recent…
If passed, a Utah bill would alter the process by which medical providers are summoned to appear before a pre-litigation panel in medical malpractice lawsuits,…
As things currently stand, 22 states and the District of Columbia have committed to expanding Medicaid to nearly all non-disabled adults with household incomes at…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has started testing out its bundled payment model for knee replacement surgeries, according to a Health Leaders Media…
More than half of the U.S. population lives in areas served by accountable care organizations, according to new analysis by Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm.