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Touring the state Monday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett unveiled a new healthcare agenda with a proposal to expand Medicaid eligibility through private health plans, if the federal government is open to new cost-sharing and work requirements.
Seven radiation oncology providers in Pensacola, FL, are settling allegations of improper Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE billing, and are set to pay a collective $3.5 million to the state and federal governments.
The federal Commission on Long-Term Care released its policy recommendations last week but did not reach a consensus on how to pay for these often expensive services.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is exploring the idea of Medicare designing a supplemental or Medigap plan for seniors that would promote their use of an accountable care organization.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is looking into ways that Medicare can strengthen accountable care organizations and the shared savings program to make them more effective for providers and patients, including improving benchmarks, adding more risk and getting beneficiaries more involved.
Doctors are told that the value-based care model will allow them to foster closer relationships with their patients, have greater access to clinical and pricing data and let them see fewer patients but earn more money but they are leery of the model.
Wall Street is not expecting the type of robust enrollment in insurance exchanges that the Congressional Budget Office has predicted, but some investors are expecting federal policy changes that expose insurers to more risk.
Hospital administrators are saying recent recommendations from the Office of Inspector General regarding critical access hospital certification will result in hospital closures.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $67 million in Affordable Care Act funds to support community health centers, including $19 million to establish 32 new healthcare delivery sites.
The hospice community sees benefit in increased Medicare surveys of its facilities as an opportunity to improve their operations and to demonstrate to the public that they meet requirements.Currently, hospice surveys are many years apart.