On July 19, 2012, CMS announced a competitive funding opportunity for up to 30 States to design or implement multi-payer payment and service delivery models. The State Innovation Models initiative, authorized by the Affordable Care Act as part of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center), will provide financial, technical and other related […]
Now that your organizations have begun the implementation process, it’s time to look at the W’s: Who, What, and Why. Who should attend all the ICD-10 trainings and what must those trainings encompass? It looks like there are very few positions that will not require some change, so how does one determine exactly what those […]
OVERVIEW CMS issued a proposed rule July 6, that would update payment policies and payment rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) on or after Jan. 1, 2013. The proposed rule also proposes changes to several of the quality reporting initiatives that are associated with MPFS payments – the Physician Quality […]
Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs, its failure to report certain safety data, and its civil liability for alleged false price reporting practices, the Justice Department announced today. The […]
CMS has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare policies and payment rates for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities paid under the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2013. The proposed rule would also strengthen incentives for improved quality of care and better outcomes for patients through improvements to the ESRD […]