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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 \(ACOs\).
The AHA hosted a special briefing on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule for the new accountable care organizations program during the AHA annual meeting on Sunday, April 10.
The AHA hosted a special briefing on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule for the new accountable care organizations program during the AHA annual meeting on Sunday, April 10. Jack Ebeler, a principal with Health Policy Alternatives Inc., and Nicholas Wolter, M.D., CEO of…
The deficit reduction debate has begun in earnest and the next few weeks will be critical as Congress takes steps to address the budget deficit and put our nation's fiscal house in order.
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…
ACOs and Integrated Delivery of Pediatric Services
ACOs and Integrated Delivery of Pediatric Services
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.