Medicare
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its March report to Congress.
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today unveiled the committees budget plan for fiscal year (FY) 2017, which would reduce Medicare spending by $449 billion and Medicaid and other health care spending by $1.03 trillion over 10 years.
On March 8, CMS issued a proposed rule to test new models for how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs provided in physician offices and hospital outpatient departments, and by durable medical equipment suppliers.
A recent proposal that calls for reducing the benefits of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to curb rapidly rising prescription drug costs is 鈥渕isguided,鈥 writes AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels in an AHASTAT blog post today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Innovation Center is accepting the second and final round of applications for its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model, which will begin its second performance year on Jan. 1, 2017. Participants in the model take on greater鈥
AHA Comments Re: Draft Measure Development Plan for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and APM
CMS Feb. 11 issued a final rule implementing a provision in the Affordable Care Act.