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Report: Medicare hospital trust fund stable
"While this is good news, we cannot be complacent," CMS administrator Andy Slavitt said.
By Nina Flanagan • July 23, 2015 -
Texas legislator pushing for guns in hospitals
The state representative says guns should be allowed for self-defense.
By Julie Henry • July 22, 2015 -
Trendline
Labor
Hospitals are navigating persistent labor shortages with the need to cut costs — a source of contention that could leave patients caught in the middle.
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If CHIP is on its way out, what's next?
The CHIP program could cease to exist as early as 2017—in fact, some in Washington think it's a given.
By Julie Henry • July 22, 2015 -
Utah, Alaska move forward with Medicaid expansion plans
The two states are inching closer to opening up coverage to 100,000 and 40,000 Americans, respectively.
By Julie Henry • July 21, 2015 -
CMS testing new program that combines hospice and curative care
Medicare only pays for hospice benefits for teminally ill patients who are no longer receiving curative care—but 140 hospice providers will be participating in a new pilot that eases that restriction.
By Julie Henry • July 21, 2015 -
VA threatens to close hospitals if Congress doesn't address budget shortfall
"If these program funds are not restored, VA will face shutting down hospital operations during August 2015," Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson warned.
By Julie Henry • July 20, 2015 -
FTC backing state bill to relax certificate of need law
The bill would exempt North Carolina diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgical centers and psychiatric hospitals.
By Julie Henry • July 20, 2015 -
Fake applicants trick HealthCare.gov for second time
In total, investigators were able to obtain $30,000 in fraudulent subsidies.
By Heather Caspi • July 17, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How hospitals are reacting to the CMS bundled payments proposal
How will hospitals be impacted by the non-voluntary program? "Positive or negative is in the eye of the beholder," says one expert.
By Heather Caspi • July 16, 2015 -
Former CMS head Marilyn Tavenner to lead AHIP
The selection of a former government official—especially such an influential one—sends a clear message about the trade group's focus.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 15, 2015 -
CMS proposes hundreds of pages of new rules for nursing homes
The new regs run the gamut from meal times to use of psychotic drugs and staffing issues.
By Julie Henry • July 14, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Medicare Advantage audits reveal $3.3M in errors
Given program growth, some researchers are calling for more transparency: "It's astonishing. [CMS is] dumping huge amounts of data in other areas."
By Julie Henry • July 13, 2015 -
Senate warns Slavitt will face scrutiny over CMS nomination
Slavitt's previous ties to Healthcare.gov make him a target for GOP leaders.
By Julie Henry • July 13, 2015 -
House overwhelmingly votes to pass 21st Century Cures FDA reform bill
ICYMI: The final vote tally was 344-77. Next up: A potentially more complicated landscape in the Senate.
By Sy Mukherjee • July 10, 2015 -
Report finds backward slide on healthcare price transparency
45 states received an "F" in the third annual report from the Catalyst for Payment Reform and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute.
By Heather Caspi • July 10, 2015 -
New CMS bundled payments proposal may be 'too much, too fast'
Starting in January, hospitals in 75 different areas would be required to test out bundled payments for hip and knee surgeries.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 10, 2015 -
CVS Health quit tobacco—and now it's quitting the Chamber of Commerce
The business trade group has come under fire for lobbying against anti-smoking measures in other parts of the world.
By Nicole Gray • July 9, 2015 -
Hospitals fire back at GAO study faulting 340B program
HHS has also expressed concerns with the GAO's claim that hospitals may be over-prescribing to boost revenues.
By Nina Flanagan • July 9, 2015 -
CMS proposes paying for end-of-life planning in new draft rule
As Huffington Post put it, this is the proposal that "will make Sarah Palin's head explode."
By Katie Bo Williams • July 9, 2015 -
NJ bill shifts local EMS contract from one hospital to its competitor
The move has pitted two south Jersey hospital systems against one another and litigation may be forthcoming.
By Heather Caspi • July 8, 2015 -
Proposed rule would chop $350M in home health payments
The third year of a four-year "rebasing" of the 60-day home care episode rate kicks in. Are home health providers overpaid?
By Katie Bo Williams • July 7, 2015 -
CMS to modify controversial 'two midnight' rule
The agency is standing firm in its support of the overall policy, but some requirements will be eased.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 2, 2015 -
Open Payments: Docs got $6.5B from drug/device industries in 2014
Payments cover everything from product development, to R&D, to dinner speakers and various types of consulting.
By Nicole Gray • July 1, 2015 -
New HHS OIG fraud unit to levy fines, exclusions—and target physicians
"You're going to see a lot of kickback cases, both against the payor and the recipient, which tend to be physicians," said one OIG chief.
By Katie Bo Williams • July 1, 2015 -
OSHA may soon fine hospitals to protect nurses from injury
But the agency may not have enough muscle to move the needle on workplace injuries.
By Heather Caspi • June 26, 2015
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