Inspector General report: 1 in 7 nursing home residents are incorrectly prescribed psychotropic medications
May 11, 2011
As many as one in seven elderly nursing home residents, most of whom have dementia, are being prescribed expensive, powerful antipsychotic medications that increase the risk of death, according to a report...
HHS gives states $15 million to improve care for dual-eligibles
Apr 18, 2011
Using funds from the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it has given 15 states $1 million each to help coordinate and improve care for “dual-eligibles.”...
HHS announces private-public alliance to improve transition of care
Apr 13, 2011
Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the creation of a new private-public alliance called Partnerships for Patients yesterday, saying it has the potential to prevent...
Feds: ACO regulations will tie quality to savings
Apr 01, 2011
Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services released long awaited proposed accountable care regulations yesterday, estimating it could save Medicare millions over the next...
Regulations for Accountable Care Organizations due by the end of next week, federal official says
Mar 23, 2011
A top deputy at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Tuesday that the agency hopes to issue draft regulations concerning accountable care organizations by the end of the month.
Berwick supporters urge Obama, Senate to hold confirmation hearings
Mar 22, 2011
Embattled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick received a shot of support recently from a number of high-profile colleagues in the medical field, according to news sources.
Baucus says Berwick won’t be confirmed; new CMS administrator to be nominated?
Mar 09, 2011
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), the lawmaker who would preside over any Donald Berwick confirmation hearing, has admitted defeat in the ongoing fight to keep Berwick in charge at the Centers for Medicare &...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick surprised lawmakers Thursday when he reported better-than-expected Medicare Advantage enrollment numbers. In just his second occasion...
Proposed federal rule would grant nursing home residents, therapy patients more power to complain about...
Feb 04, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a new rule that would require an expanded class of providers and suppliers of Medicare services to alert beneficiaries to the existence of quality...
Obama renominates Berwick to head CMS, contentious hearings promised
Jan 28, 2011
President Obama announced Wednesday that he has renominated Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, six months after naming him chief during a Congressional recess. The first...