Tag: Insurance: Medicare
CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations
Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
More Penalties With Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure
Increase in number of hospitals eligible for penalties, in penalty disparity for safety-net, other hospitals
Potentially Preventable Spending Concentrated in Frail Elderly
Variation in preventable spending across Medicare subpopulations; 43.9 percent of total in frail elderly
Medicare Coverage Restrictions for Opioids Rose From ’06 to ’15
Formularies increasingly using quantity limits and prior authorization to restrict daily allowable dosing
2016 Physician Quality Reporting System Reports Available
Physicians should review reports to know whether they are subject to 2018 PQRS payment adjustment
Medicare Paid $1.5 Billion to Replace Faulty Heart Devices
Reasons for replacement included recalls, premature failures, medically necessary upgrades, infections
Switching to Generic Eye Meds Could Save Medicare Millions
Medicare is billed more than $1 billion annually for glaucoma treatments alone, researchers say
Preadmission Functional Impairment Ups Medicare Costs
Increase in mean Medicare costs after discharge linked to severity of preadmission impairment
More Racial Disparity With Medicare Advantage
More racial disparity versus traditional Medicare for hospital readmissions for six major surgeries
1991-2014 Saw Minimal Change in Health Spending Per State
Recession and recovery, implementation of health reform impacted health care coverage
