2008-09-09 - MedPAC discusses ESRD, Medicare reform
... that were passed through the Medicare Improvements for Patients ... doctors to start
treating patients simultaneously for ... get reimbursed directly by Medicare on a ...
www.renalbusiness.com/news/2008/09/medpac-discusses-esrd-medicare-reform.aspx - 44k
2010-02-24 - NKF Launches Pre-Dialysis Medicare Education Benefit Promotion
... to assist professionals in providing this patient education ... meet CMS guidelines for
reimbursement under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers ...
www.renalbusiness.com/news/2010/02/nkf-launches-pre-dialysis-medicare-education-bene.aspx - 42k
2009-01-30 - MIPPA Cuts Payment for Hospital-Based Dialysis Units
... we have a closer look at the effect of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
Providers ... Per the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fact sheet on ...
www.renalbusiness.com/articles/2009/01/mippa-cuts-payment-for-hospital-based-dialysis-un.aspx - 44k
2008-09-05 - Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $8.5 billion ...
... Even if the payment reductions to MA plans mandated by the Medicare Improvements
for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA)—scheduled to take effect ...
www.renalbusiness.com/news/2008/09/extra-payments-to-medicare-advantage-plans-to-tot.aspx - 39k
2009-07-01 - CMS Proposes 21.5 Percent Cut in Medicare Physician Payments
... implement provisions in the Medicare Improvements for Patients ... address concerns from
the Medicare Payment Advisory ... provisions to promote improvement in quality ...
www.renalbusiness.com/news/2009/07/cms-proposes-21-5-percent-cut-in-medicare-physici.aspx - 46k
2008-10-10 - The powers the next HHS secretary will have over dialysis
... will have considerable control over how dialysis payments are developed under the
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). ...
www.renalbusiness.com/blogs/keith/2008/10/the-powers-the-next-hhs-secretary-will-have-over.aspx - 41k
2010-03-29 - New Data Requirements: Infection, Adequacy, Vascular Access
... payment for dialysis providers by January 1, 2012, as required by the Medicare
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) section 153c. ...
www.renalbusiness.com/blogs/keith/2010/03/new-data-requirements-infection-adequacy-vascular.aspx - 38k
2010-08-05 - CEOs Concerned with Bundle Transition Adjuster
... To reach that base rate, CMS had to take into account the Medicare Improvements
for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA), in which Congress mandated that ...
www.renalbusiness.com/news/2010/08/ceos-concerned-with-bundle-transition-adjustor.aspx - 44k
2011-07-14 - Facility Performance Score Reports Out July 15
... Under QIP, which was mandated by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers
Act of 2008 ... Percent of patients with a urea reduction ration (URR ...
www.renalbusiness.com/blogs/keith/2011/07/facility-performance-score-reports-out-july-15.aspx - 42k
2009-12-01 - The Dialysis Bundle and Patients
... was passed into law as part of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers
Act ... From the perspective of Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)—the nation ...
www.renalbusiness.com/articles/2009/12/the-dialysis-bundle-and-patients.aspx - 51k
