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ACOs generate savings, but few get bonuses
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) accounted for savings of more than $411 million in 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
However, of the 20 Pioneer ACO programs and the 333 ACOs participating in the Medicare shared savings program, 97 qualified for shared...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 28, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Ellmers’ bill seeks delay for Stage 3 meaningful use
A bill delaying the implementation of Stage 3 meaningful use until at least 2017 has been introduced in the House.
The legislation calls for a delay until the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program regulations or at least 75% of...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 16, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS releases specialty-specific ICD-10 transition guides
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a number of specialty-specific guidebooks to help with the transition to ICD-10.
“To help physicians and other providers get quickly up to speed, CMS has launched the ICD-10 Clinical Concepts Series for specialties,” according to a post...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 13, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS releases ICD-10-CM valid codes and code titles
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a complete list of the 2016 ICD-10-CM valid codes and code titles in a downloadable file.
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 10, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
AMA Town Hall: Doctors call for meaningful use delay
Stage 3 of meaningful use should be delayed until Medicare value-based care programs are developed.
To move the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services toward that goal, the American Medical Association has created a new website – Break the Red Tape – where physicians can share their good...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - July 22, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for July 10, 2015
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. ACAAI endorses Boston Scientific’s Alair asthma treatment
Boston Scientific said that the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology has endorsed bronchial thermoplasty using the company’s Alair system.
The ACAAI recommends the procedure for patients with severe asthma who ...
Source: Mass Device - July 10, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 3 Source Type: news
Fee schedule: CMS outlines advance care planning, PQRS changes
Physicians are praising a new proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to pay for end-of-life counseling as part of a sweeping draft of updates to its 2016 physician...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - July 9, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Cost of management in epistaxis admission: Impact of patient and hospital characteristics
ConclusionAlthough hospitalization costs are complex and multifactorial, we were able to identify patient and hospital characteristics associated with high costs in the management of epistaxis. Early identification and intervention, combined with implementation of targeted hospital management protocols, may improve outcomes and reduce financial burden.
Level of Evidence2C. Laryngoscope, 2015
Source: The Laryngoscope - July 7, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Erden Goljo, Rajan Dang, Alfred M. Iloreta, Satish Govindaraj Tags: Allergy/Rhinology Source Type: research
CMS pledges flexibility during first year of ICD-10
Physicians will have a year to learn how to properly code under ICD-10 before facing potential penalties or withheld payments, according to a joint announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association.
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Source: Skin and Allergy News - July 6, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
The Quality Of Health Care You Receive Likely Depends On Your Skin Color
Unequal health care continues to be a serious problem for black Americans. More than a decade after the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report showing that minority patients were less likely to receive the same quality health care as white patients, racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the U.S. health care system. That report, which was published in 2002, indicated that even when both groups had similar insurance or the same ability to pay for care, black patients received inferior treatment to white patients. This still hold true, according to our investigation into dozens of studies about black health...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Early nonadherence ups emergency care, hospitalization for lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus patients who have just started drug therapy are at greater risk for needing acute care and possible hospitalization if they are nonadherent, based on an analysis of U.S. Medicaid beneficiaries.
Data on 9,600 new hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and 3,829 new oral...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - June 22, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: IMN News IMN Rheumatology RHEUM News RHEUM Lupus/Connective Tissue Diseases SAN Clinical News SAN News FPN News Source Type: news
Data will drive evolution to value-based care, CMS chief says
WASHINGTON – Data are so integral to the transition to value-based care that the health care industry must begin to think of itself as an information industry, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt.
“Health care will either remain a series of...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - June 2, 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
GAO questions CMS reliance on RUC to set Medicare pay rates
A government watchdog report suggests that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be setting Medicare payment rates inaccurately based on biased recommendations from its panel of physician experts.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) questions the transparency of the CMS’...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - June 1, 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
Moving Into Green Healthy Housing
Conclusion: The mixed method approach employed here describes the complex relationships among self-reported health, housing conditions, environmental measures, and clinical data. Housing conditions and self-reported physical and mental health improved in green healthy housing. Health care cost savings in Medicaid due to improved housing could not be quantified here but hold promise for future investigations with larger cohorts over a longer follow-up period.
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - May 27, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
