Medicare
Congress should adopt a single broad exception to federal fraud and abuse laws for financial relationships designed to foster collaboration, efficiencies and improvements in health care, the AHA last week told leaders of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees.
Congress should adopt a single broad exception to federal fraud and abuse laws for financial relationships designed to foster collaboration, efficiencies and improvements in health care, AHA told leaders of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule that would make technical changes to the way financial targets are calculated for accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS proposes to account for differences in regional health鈥
The proposed merger between health insurers Aetna and Humana would greatly reduce market competition for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in the markets they serve, according to a new analysis by the Center for American Progress. 鈥淭he Medicare Advantage market is currently highly concentrated,鈥 the鈥
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken significant steps to expand the use of bundled payment programs.
The AHA last week criticized as 鈥渕isdirected鈥 and a blow to patient care the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission鈥檚 (MedPAC) recommendation that Congress reduce Part B drug payment rates to hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
At its Jan. 14 meeting, the commission voted 14鈥