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CMS expands ability to deny provider enrollments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is tightening scrutiny of providers enrolling in Medicare in an effort to curb fraudulent billing and keep providers with unpaid Medicare debt from reentering the program.
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Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 4, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics SAN Practice Economics Source Type: news
PODCAST: Open enrollment rolls on, an ACO reprieve
Open enrollment is underway and the Obama administration says it’s cautiously optimistic about the process, which closes on Dec. 15 for those who want coverage Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 8, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Podcasts CARD Practice Economics CHEST Podcasts CHEST Practice Economics CEN Podcasts CEN Practice Economics CNN Podcasts CNN Practice Economics CPN Podcasts Source Type: news
Physicians shun Stage 2 of meaningful use
Of the 269,000 physicians and health care providers who successfully attested to Stage 1 of meaningful use, just 3,655 have successfully attested to Stage 2 and are ready to receive the incentive payment from Medicare. The Stage 2 deadline is Feb. 28.
For hospitals, the number is similarly weak:...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 12, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Congress leaves SGR, Medicaid parity, ICD-10 undone
The year is ending on a sour note for physicians, as Congress is recessing without addressing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula or acting on a number of other doctors’ priorities.
Congress did not extend a pay increase for primary care physicians who serve Medicaid recipients, nor did...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 14, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics PED Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Happy holidays from Medicare: 250,000 docs to get meaningful use penalty
About 257,000 doctors and other medical professionals, or about 50% of those eligible to participate in the electronic health record incentive program, are about to get a holiday “gift” from Medicare: a 1% reduction in Medicare pay.
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Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 19, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Medicare @ 50: Popular with patients; problematic for physicians
When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965, he vowed that the program would give seniors access to the “healing miracle of modern medicine” and save them from exhausting their savings when they became ill....
Source: Skin and Allergy News - January 5, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics SAN Practice Economics SN News Source Type: news
Happy holidays from Medicare: 250,000 docs to get meaningful use penalty
About 257,000 doctors and other medical professionals, or about 50% of those eligible to participate in the electronic health record incentive program, are about to get a holiday “gift” from Medicare: a 1% reduction in Medicare pay.
The reduction will come from 2015 Medicare payments to doctors...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 19, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
House negotiating SGR fix, repeal could come soon
Negotiations are apparently underway in the House of Representatives over the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, and agreement on a possible repeal could be on the horizon.
The new efforts will hopefully lead to an improved, permanent payment system that ensures Medicare is on a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 12, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Medicare at 50: Is the end near for SGR?
The Sustainable Growth Rate formula. Few aspects of Medicare have been more problematic for physicians.
Designed to control Medicare costs, Congress has spent more since 2003 to delay SGR cuts than it would cost to fund current repeal legislation.
Passed as part of the Balanced Budget Act of...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 10, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
SGR repeal bill reintroduced; payment mechanism not addressed
A bill to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula was reintroduced into the House and Senate March 19.
H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, is described as “nearly identical” to the...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 19, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
New bill consolidates SGR fix, CHIP reauthorization
Bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill that would repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, this time with language that would reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for 2 years.
Leaders on the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means committees...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 24, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Doctors hail House vote to repeal, replace SGR
Physicians are lauding passage of legislation by the House of Representatives to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR) and replace it with an alternative system that would raise physician payments and focus on value-based performance. The bill also reauthorizes the Children’s...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 26, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
House votes to repeal SGR, reauthorize CHIP
After years of failed attempts and temporary fixes, the House of Representatives on March 26 passed H.R. 2, a bill to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR) and replace it with an alternative system that temporarily would raise Medicare physician pay and focus on value-based...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 26, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
CMS: All docs, hospitals must be on Stage 3 meaningful use in 2018
All physicians and hospitals would need to be meet stage 3 meaningful use beginning in 2018, according to a recent proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In the agency’s Stage 3 proposed...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 26, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Senate recesses without addressing SGR repeal bill
The Senate adjourned for a 2-week recess early on March 27, leaving without taking action on House-passed legislation to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula and reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The Senate will not convene again until April 13, nearly 2 weeks...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 27, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
