Senate HELP Committee passes Kennedy bill; providers worry about companion House plan
Jul 17, 2009
As fallout from the House healthcare reform plan continued to rain down Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed its own reform proposal.
Senators introduce transparency bill and GAO report revealing under-funded survey system
Mar 20, 2009
A new Government Accountability Office report shows that the survey and certification system lacks the funding necessary to keep pace with its oversight responsibilities. Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA)...
CMS: National Provider ID info delayed a month
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 28, 2007
Federal officials say they will not give providers and others looking for National Provider Identifier data the information they seek until Aug. 1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made the...
Weems: Berwick and Blumenthal would be information technology ‘dream team’
Apr 07, 2010
The potential combination of Donald Berwick as administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and David Blumenthal as national coordinator of health information technology would be a healthcare...
Smart Money: Seeing through rates
By
William C. Fisher
Feb 01, 2012
Rates of return are often used as a benchmark for investment performance. As Joan Dixon, CFO of Morningside Ministries in San Antonio, TX, says, “performance reporting can at times be very confusing....
CMS angling to ease providers’ burdens from Medicare Administrative Contractors
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 10, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking providers to help figure out a way to make demands from Medicare Administrative Contractors less burdensome.
Facilities must post whistleblower protections, CMS says
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 03, 2007
Many nursing homes and other healthcare providers must inform staff about whistleblower protections starting this week.
CMS physician program linked to pay-for-performance
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
A new voluntary program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allows physicians to self-report adherence to certain evidence-based quality measures.
CMS crackdown doubles Medicare removals
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 07, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has removed 14,663 healthcare providers and suppliers from the Medicare program in the last two years, the agency announced Thursday. The figure more than doubles...
GOP sets sights on Medicare, Medicaid
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 08, 2018
Just before tax-reform victory in December, House GOP leaders said their next target would be “entitlement reform” that trims outlays for the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs.