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CMS Solicitation of Additional Public Comments \(")55 Questions")\)
CMS Proposed Exception for Incentive Payment and Shared Savings Programs
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 contained new electronic prescribing \(eRx\) incentives that offer a 2 percent additional payment for outpatient physician eRx in 2009. The Medicare physician fee schedule final rule for 2009, published in the November 19 Federal…
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year 2009.
Improving Outcomes: Effectively Treating Patients with Medical and Psychiatric Illnesses in a Medical Setting - Patient Complexity and Complexity Intervention Units
Recent attention in the media has refocused the public's attention on executivecompensation. With this renewed interest, it is critical that your hospital isprepared to respond to public and media inquiries around the compensation ofyour top executives.
On October 3, President Bush signed into law a large financial rescue package that included mental health parity legislation \(H.R. 1424\).
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released two final regulations - the calendar year \(CY\) 2009 outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) payment system final rule and the CY 2009 physician fee schedule final rule.…
Labor activity, trends & events: A look at workplace initiatives at the State-level