The U.S. House of Representatives this week struck a deal with the White House on a supplemental war-funding bill that also includes a moratorium on six of the seven unpopular Medicaid provisions.
Star rating system: Expedia for nursing homes?
By
Liza Berger
Jun 20, 2008
Yes, you too could be the Four Seasons of nursing homes. As we all know by now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to create a five-star quality rating system for facilities (see stories...
Nursing homes lukewarm to government’s new five-star rating system
Jun 19, 2008
Nursing home operators wasted little time Wednesday issuing rebuttals to the federal government’s announcement that it would create and publish individual facility rankings on its Web site by the...
MedPAC recommends reforming Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities
Jun 16, 2008
The Medicare advisory arm of Congress has issued recommendations for reforming the Medicare payment system, including the payment system for skilled nursing facilities.
Debate to continue for Baucus’ physician payment cut bill
Jun 13, 2008
The Senate yesterday rejected a motion that would have brought a bill stopping a pending 10.6% physician Medicare physician payment cut up for an immediate vote.
Two physician payment bills in Senate could be under microscope
Jun 10, 2008
Senators may have to reconcile two separate bills that would delay payment cuts to physicians.
Regulators: Rejected Medicare claims no indication of NPI success
Jun 05, 2008
Despite a spike in rejected Medicare claims, the implementation of the National Provider Identifier number requirement has met with no huge problems so far, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Legislators prepared to halt pending physician payment cut
Jun 03, 2008
Lawmakers in Washington plan to move forward with legislation in the next two weeks to prevent a 10.6% cut in Medicare physicians’ payments.
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...
CMS issues final rule on hospice care
May 30, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its final rule concerning hospice care, despite a recent notice saying it would delay issuing such a rule until 2009.