2014-2024 Projections of National Health Expenditures Data Released
Total health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8 percent in aggregate over 2014-2024, according to a report published today in Health Affairs authored…
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ONC Awards Over $38 Million to Improve Coordinated Health Information Sharing
As part of the Administration’s efforts to create an interoperable learning health system that achieves better care, smarter spending and healthier people, the ONC announced twenty awardees for three health information technology (health IT) grant programs totaling about $38 million.
CMS Begins Implementation of Key Payment Legislation
CMS has released the first proposed update to the physician payment schedule since the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate through the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
Accountable Care Organization Investment Model
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated, high-quality care to their Medicare patients to help them deliver better care at lower cost.
Medicare and Medicaid 50th Anniversary Count Down
This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Amendments to the Social Security Act that established the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Over the next 50 days, CMS will recognize the impact these two programs have had in transforming our nation’s health care system.
CMS Conducts Second Successful Medicare FFS ICD-10 End-to-End Testing
From April 27 through May 1, 2015, Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) health care providers, clearinghouses, and billing agencies participated in a second successful ICD-10 end-to-end testing week with all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MAC Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor.
Hospital Uses AHRQ Resources to Cut Readmissions, Promote Patient Self-Management
Memorial Hospital, a 97-bed community hospital in Marysville, Ohio, uses strategies from AHRQ’s Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to help newly discharged patients follow their treatment plans and improve their health in order to avoid readmission to the hospital.
CMS Finalizes Rules for Medicare Shared Savings Program
CMS released a final rule updating the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage the delivery of high-quality care for Medicare beneficiaries and build on the early successes of the program and of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model.
CMS Proposes Rule to Strengthen Managed Care for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to modernize Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care regulations to update the programs’ rules and strengthen the delivery of quality care for beneficiaries.