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  1. 07/23/10 CMS Proposes Changes in 2011 Physician Fee Schedule

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued the proposed physician fee schedule rule that would implement key provisions...

    Started by admin, 07-23-2010 03:41 AM
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  2. 07/16/10 CMS Audits Outpatient Stays Longer Than 48 Hours

    With recovery audit contractors (RACs) and other auditors breathing down their necks to ensure the medical necessity of Medicare Part A inpatient...

    Started by admin, 07-16-2010 03:42 AM
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  3. 07/09/10 CMS Adds Outpatient Indicators To Hospital Performance Measurements

    In another move that strengthens The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) positioning itself as a champion of better quality care, CMS has...

    Started by admin, 07-09-2010 03:56 AM
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  4. 07/02/10 CMS Issues Proposed Rule That Expands Medicare Preventive Services

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a proposed rule that would implement key provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010...

    Started by admin, 07-02-2010 03:39 AM
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  5. 06/25/10 CMS Proposes New Rules On Equal Visitation Rights For Same-Sex Partners

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed new rules that would allow patients to choose who may visit them in the hospital,...

    Started by admin, 06-25-2010 03:45 AM
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  6. 06/18/10 CMS Looks To Clarify Medicare Treatment Of Medicare Provider Taxes

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has proposed a policy "clarification" regarding the Medicare treatment of Medicaid provider taxes in the...

    Started by admin, 06-18-2010 03:49 AM
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  7. 06/11/10 President Obama Touts Health Reform's Rebates For Seniors

    Facing continued public skepticism about the new healthcare law, President Obama is touting the distribution of $250 rebate checks for senior...

    Started by admin, 06-11-2010 03:40 AM
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  8. 06/04/10 Prescription Drug Bill Features Changes In Clinic Regulation

    Comprehensive legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse in Ohio is set to be introduced at the Statehouse today, according to one of the...

    Started by admin, 06-04-2010 03:24 AM
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  9. 05/28/10 CMS Change Rules For Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileges

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed changes to ease the burdens of credentialing and privileging for hospitals that...

    Started by admin, 05-28-2010 04:24 AM
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  10. 05/21/10 CMS Issues New Rules For Ordering And Referring Physicians

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding the scope of claim editing for ordering and referring providers for claims...

    Started by admin, 05-21-2010 12:07 AM
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  11. 05/14/10 CMS To Monitor Quality Of Dialysis Care

    In a new report about the new dialysis bundling rule, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

    Started by admin, 05-14-2010 05:11 AM
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  12. 05/07/10 Lawmakers Delay Health Reform's Physician Pay Cuts

    After Congress returned from its recent recess, members agreed to delay the 21% physician pay cut until June 1, 2010. Meanwhile, physician...

    Started by admin, 05-07-2010 04:00 AM
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  13. 04/30/10 CMS Estimates Health Reform Laws Will Cut Medicare Advantage Usage In Half

    A new report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that new health reform laws will cut Medicare Advantage usage in...

    Started by admin, 04-30-2010 04:59 AM
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  14. 04/23/10 HHS Secretary Prepares To Reduce CMS Spending With Help From New Rules

    Ms. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has begun work on the first of what will be numerous regulations for Medicare,...

    Started by admin, 04-23-2010 04:34 AM
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  15. 04/16/10 CMS' Revisions To Hospital-Based Anesthesia Guidelines Raise Concerns

    Revisions CMS made to its interpretive guidelines for hospital-based anesthesia care late last year have raised concerns among some in the anesthesia...

    Started by admin, 04-16-2010 04:39 AM
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  16. 04/09/10 CMS Website Reveals Medicare Spending

    A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Web site is making more claims data available to the public. The so-called "CMS Dashboard" reveals...

    Started by admin, 04-09-2010 06:36 AM
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  17. 04/02/10 CMS Cracks Down On Medicare, Medicaid Fraud With High-Tech Investigators

    Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost American taxpayers some $54 billion last year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has tried many...

    Started by admin, 04-02-2010 04:35 AM
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  18. 03/26/10 CMS Reviews Anemia Drug Risks In Kidney Patients

    Use of controversial anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson at high levels likely worsen heart problems and possibly chances for...

    Started by admin, 03-26-2010 04:29 AM
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  19. 03/19/10 CMS Says Meaningful Use Revisions Must Coordinate With Regulations

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has to make sure that changes it makes to the final version of the proposed meaningful use rule mesh...

    Started by admin, 03-19-2010 04:41 AM
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  20. 03/12/10 CMS Bans Insurer's Part D Business

    Federal regulators have banned an insurer from selling Medicare prescription drug coverage and accused it of improperly delaying and denying coverage...

    Started by admin, 03-12-2010 04:34 AM
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  21. 03/05/10 CMS Says Lab Quality Law Permits Data Exchange

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is clarifying a 1988 law setting up national quality standards for medical testing labs does...

    Started by admin, 03-05-2010 03:35 AM
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  22. 02/26/10 CMS Issues Preliminary Estimate On Medicare Advantage Reimbursements

    The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a preliminary estimate of a 1.38% increase in the national per capita Medicare Advantage...

    Started by admin, 02-26-2010 04:26 AM
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  23. 02/19/10 Doctors Report Frustration With CMS' Medicare Quality Reporting Data Program

    Many doctors' practices that participated in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) quality of care reporting program in 2008 were...

    Started by admin, 02-19-2010 06:48 AM
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  24. 02/12/10 CMS Grants EHR Incentive Program Matching Funds

    Medicaid programs in South Carolina, Alaska, Kentucky and Wisconsin will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to...

    Started by admin, 02-12-2010 03:31 AM
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  25. 02/05/10 CMS Reports U.S. Healthcare Spending To Grow 6.1 Percent In Ten Years

    In their recent report, economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) say that the US healthcare spending is likely to grow at...

    Started by admin, 02-05-2010 06:18 AM
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