Tag: Insurance: Medicare
AAFP: Expected 0.5 Percent Pay Increase Reduced to Zero
Medicare physician fee schedule shows expected Medicare pay increase reduced for all specialties
Medicare to Cover Advance Care Planning for Older Americans
Counseling would be voluntary; could take place during a senior's annual physical
Part D Enrollment Doesn’t Improve Outcomes After AMI
Half of AMI patients enrolled in Part D by hospital discharge; outcomes no better than non-enrollees
Accountable Care Organizations Can Cut Low-Value Service Use
Greater reductions with higher than markets' mean baseline levels of low-value service use
Observation Stays Can Exceed Cost of Inpatient Deductible
For 26.6% of Medicare beneficiaries, cumulative financial liability up with observational stays
HAC Reduction Program Penalty Kicks in for FY2015
Concerns relating to program include overlap between two measures used to calculate HAC score
Medicare Will Cover Expensive New Leukemia Medication
Amgen's Blincyto costs about $178,000 for a standard course of treatment
Many Hospitals Being Penalized for 30-Day Readmissions
Hospitals lobbying Medicare and Congress to account for patient sociodemographic factors
Mortality, Hospital Stays, Costs All Down Among U.S. Seniors
Researchers find steady improvement among Medicare enrollees from 1999 through 2013
CMS Finalizes Decision to Cover HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer
AAFP encouraged CMS to consider coverage and follow through on proposal
