Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: taxpayers http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-medicare-cost-saving-diabetics.html Diabetes Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:21:50 EST news290791304 CMS reports on progress toward improved health care (HealthDay)—Considerable progress has already been made toward improving the quality and delivery of health care, according to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) bulletin published online Feb. 28. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cms-health.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:40:01 EST news281706876 Savings seen on diabetes supplies, other equipment (AP)—Medicare is announcing a price cut. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-diabetes-equipment.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:40:01 EST news278789107 Internists express support for new payment and delivery models as basis for replacing SGR "We know that the current Medicare payment system is not serving the needs of patients, physicians or taxpayers," David L. Bronson, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today told the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health. "Congress needs to do its part by repealing the SGR, once and for all. But the medical profession needs to do its part by leading the adoption of innovative models to align payment policies with the value of care provided to patients." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-internists-payment-delivery-basis-sgr.html Other Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:17:43 EST news261832648 Provinces could save millions in prescription drug costs, new research finds Taxpayers could save millions of dollars if hospitals and provincial governments harmonized their prescription drug plans, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-provinces-millions-prescription-drug.html Medications Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:39:15 EST news260008746 GE Healthcare settles with $30 million in overpaying case GE Healthcare, a branch of General Electric, has paid the government a settlement of $30 million plus interest for improper billing by a company it bought in 2004, officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ge-healthcare-million-overpaying-case.html Health Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:40:07 EST news244438796 Obama asks Supreme Court to rule on health care President Barack Obama's administration Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care law, likely sparking an explosive legal showdown in the heat of the 2012 election. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-obama-supreme-court-health.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:50:01 EST news236446546 'Aligning GME Policy with the Nation's Health Care Workforce Needs' policy paper released by ACP "Federal funds must be used efficiently to align spending with workforce policy goals and ensure that taxpayers are getting optimal value from their investment in GME (graduate medical education)," the American College of Physicians (ACP) noted today. The organization made these and other comments when its latest policy paper, Aligning GME Policy with the Nation's Health Care Workforce Needs, was released today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-aligning-gme-policy-nation-health.html Health Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:38:37 EST news234625104