Medical economics
Medicare may overpay for many surgical procedures
Medicare appears to be overpaying surgeons for many medical procedures, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis.
Jan 22, 2020
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Healing cuts for Medicare
Medicare payment reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for postacute care have great potential to lower costs without harming patients, a new study reports.
Sep 4, 2012
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Health
New rule for home health prospective payment system
(HealthDay)—A new rule proposing changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) is set to reduce costs for calendar year 2014, according to a report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Jul 2, 2013
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Health
CMS: hospital charges for common procedures up
(HealthDay)—The prices hospitals charge patients for a number of common procedures rose more than 10 percent between 2011 and 2013, more than twice the rate of inflation, according to data released by the federal government ...
Jun 4, 2015
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Surgery
Medicare payment patterns examined for hip fracture surgery
Reimbursement for hospital charges is increasing faster than payments for surgeons performing hip fracture surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published online March 9 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Apr 14, 2021
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Medical economics
Health system clinicians perform better under medicare value-based reimbursement
A team of researchers led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D., an associate professor of health management and policy at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice, conducted a study investigating the association ...
Sep 9, 2020
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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 ...
Jul 18, 2012
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Health
More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
(AP) -- Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.
May 17, 2012
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Health
Long-term care hospitals keep patients longer than necessary for financial reasons
Long-term care hospitals—which care for people whose medical conditions require relatively lengthy treatment—are keeping patients longer than necessary because of the way that Medicare determines payment rates, according ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Medical economics
Continued Medicare reimbursement declines could threaten access to physicians
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that physician reimbursement per Medicare patient decreased 2.3% between 2005 and 2021 when accounting for inflation, despite a concurrent increase of 45.5% in physician ...
Apr 26, 2024
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