Medicare & Medicaid
System's health plan is offering patients with chronic conditions financial incentives to self-manage their individualized care.
Goal is to present quality and safety data to veterans, their families, the public in an easily-understandable format.
Modern Medicaid Alliance, coalition of 30 organizations including AHIP, will educate policy makers, public on Medicaid's integrated care, services.
Medicare discussions will also include need for collaboration between plans, providers and the government.
Brief examines 2015 data from Hospital Readmissions Reduction, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing, Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction programs.
Study also faults current Medicare model for lack of transparency, failing to consider costs of supplying equipment to beneficiaries.
Secretary Sylvia Burwell Wednesday acknowledged that the Affordable Care Act's fourth enrollment season, which begins Nov. 1, is a pivotal time.
Study found ER use among Medicaid patients in Oregon stayed high two years after people gained coverage, more patients visited doctors offices.
Medicare drug plan enrollees face 9 percent premium increase unless they switch plans during open enrollment.
481 participating practices served more than 376,000 Medicare beneficiaries, 2.7 million patients overall, CMS says.