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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 91 Individuals For Approximately $430 Million In False Billing

WASHINGTON – Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities have led to charges against 91 individuals – including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals – for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $429.2 ...More
October 5, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
15 New Advance Payment ACOs Announced

WASHINGTON—Earlier this month, CMS announced the names of the organizations that began participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program on July 1st. Today, CMS is announcing that 15 of those ACOs will also be participating in the Advance Payments ACO Model. Read more ...More
July 19, 2012
Posted in News
HHS Announces 89 New ACOs

WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today, that as of July 1, 89 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began serving 1.2 million people with Medicare in 40 states, including Washington, D.C. ...More
July 9, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
All Eyes on States After Court Decision

WASHINGTON—Following last week's Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the focus is now on the states and how they'll react to the law's Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges reported MedPage Today. ...More
July 3, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Health Spending Likely to Keep Rising With or Without Obama's Plan

WASHINGTON — Even as President Obama's healthcare law expands health coverage and transforms the way millions of Americans get medical care, it will have little effect on the nation's total healthcare bill, according to a new government report on national healthcare ...More
June 13, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
CMS Innovation Center to Carry Out Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

BALTIMORE—The CMS Innovation Center has selected seven geographic markets to carry out the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative, a new multi-payer approach that aims to strengthen the primary care system while achieving better health care and lower costs through ...More
April 12, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Medicare and Medicaid Cost Expected to Increase Rapidly

WASHINGTON—The cost of Medicare is expected to nearly double over the coming decade, while Medicaid will increase at an even faster rate, according to projections issued by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. ...More
March 16, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Increase in ER Visits by Medicaid Patients

WASHINGTON—Medicaid patients are twice as likely to visit the emergency department as their primary care as their privately insured counterparts, due to barriers to primary care visits, a study published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine. ...More
March 15, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Okla Medicaid Could Cut Dialysis

The news for state budgets has been bleak as of late, and calls for cuts could have profound affects on kidney disease patients, most notably in Oklahoma. ...More
January 20, 2011
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation
Calif Suspends Medicaid Payments to Dialysis Clinics

California has suspended Medicaid payments to more than 1,000 healthcare clinics, including dialysis centers, until a new state budget is signed into law, according to an Aug. 25 report in the Visalia Times-Delta. ...More
August 25, 2010
Posted in Blog, Business, Practice Management