CMS to hold conference call on new nursing home five-star rating system
Jun 23, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be hosting an “Open Door Forum” on Tuesday (tomorrow) to discuss, among other issues, the new five-star rating system for nursing homes.
Physical therapy group praises Congress for thwarting 3.4 percent doc pay cuts
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 13, 2024
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) this week voiced its support of Congress for stopping a 3.4% cut to physicians’ pay that was included in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
House repeals Medicare payment advisory board
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 23, 2012
As expected, the House of Representatives repealed the Independent Payment Advisory Board Thursday afternoon.
CMS increases Medicare rates for hospices for fiscal year 2010
Aug 03, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a regulation increasing Medicare payments to hospices by 1.4% for fiscal year 2010.
Analysis: Whistleblowers help feds recover $9.3 billion from providers accused of defrauding government
Sep 03, 2008
The Department of Justice has recovered more than $9.3 billion from drug companies and healthcare providers that tried to rip off state or federal agencies.
CMS: National Provider Identifier relief payments may be available
Jun 03, 2008
Healthcare and Medicare providers that experience financial woes as a result of the new National Provider Identifier standard may qualify for advance or accelerated payments, according to the Centers for...
Bush cuts to hit California, New Jersey hardest
Mar 13, 2008
Nursing homes nationwide would face, on average, an $18.45 per-patient-day cut in Medicare assistance under President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, a new analysis from the American Health...
MedPAC focuses on nursing home rehospitalizations
Oct 10, 2008
Congress’s advisory panel on Medicare matters is examining rehospitalization rates of nursing home residents. Staff members for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told commissioners last week...
Berwick decries Medicare and Medicaid fraud and waste in parting interview
Dec 06, 2011
On the heels of his departure from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Donald Berwick, M.D., said he came to Washington with an agenda to eliminate waste from the system.
HHS awards funding for research into effective therapies and services for the disabled
May 10, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services has allocated stimulus funding for research projects that will attempt to determine the effectiveness of disability services, including rehabilitation services.