News & Updates: Medicare and Medicaid (22)
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Increasing Medical Residencies Could Help Inland Empire
May 16, 2013 -- As the Inland Empire grapples with a shortage of primary care physicians, experts say the solution hinges on creating more medical residencies.
Source: CaliforniaHealthline
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, California, Family Medicine Physicians, Federally Qualified Health Centers, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Health Reform, Hospitals, Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, Medicare and Medicaid, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers
May 10, 2013 -- Comments are being requested by CMS on a proposal to revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for acute care hospitals. Also, are a number of changes relating to direct graduate medical education and indirect medical education.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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Senate Finance Leaders Seek Input on Physician Payment Reform
May 10, 2013 -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today urged physicians and other stakeholders to submit specific suggestions on how to improve Medicare payment for physicians.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: Allopathic Physicians, Health Care Quality, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians
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Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Holds SGR Replacement Hearing
May 10, 2013 -- The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a May 7 hearing, the third this year, in a series focused on Congress’s continued efforts to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and transform the Medicare physician payment system.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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2014 Predicted to Mark Faster Decline in Primary Care Access
May 6, 2013 -- The stress that 30 million additional insured people will place on the health care system under the coverage expansions that will start in 2014 requires funneling more resources into primary health care training, witnesses told a Senate panel on April 23.
Source: American Medical News
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, Medicare and Medicaid, Midwives, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, Supply and Demand
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AAMC Concerned about Proposed Cuts to Doctor Training in FY 2014 IPPS Rule
May 3, 2013 -- CMS has issued the Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule containing changes to the Medicare Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems. AAMC is concerned about the impact on graduate medical education payments and residents training.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Residency Programs
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CMS Issues Proposed Inpatient Payment Regulation; Policies to Promote Safety and Program Integrity among Proposals
April 26, 2013 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update fiscal year (FY) 2014 Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient stays at general acute care and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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Match Day Results Show Need to Increase Graduate Medical Education Slots
April 26, 2013 -- This year, 1,097 U.S. senior medical students did not match in the first round, up from 815 last year. The results indicate a need to increase the number of Medicare-supported graduate medical education positions.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Education and Training, Florida, Medicare and Medicaid, Physicians, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Texas
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Physician Compensation Survey: A Little More Money and a LOT More Paperwork
April 26, 2013 -- Despite reported cuts in reimbursements, the average physician enjoyed a moderate-to-significant boost in income this year. But that came at a price, docs are spending way more time on paperwork.
Source: MedCity News
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians
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New York City Summit Examines Home Care Jobs as Medicaid Transitions to Managed Care
April 25, 2013 -- Home health care professionals met at a New York City home care summit to discuss how best to support home care workers as the State Medicaid program transitions from a fee-for-service home care system to managed long-term care and workforce demands grow.
Source: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Education and Training, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Agencies, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Medicare and Medicaid, New York, Trends and Emerging Issues
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HR Roundup: Sequestration Leads to Layoffs
April 22, 2013 -- The effects of sequestration are becoming apparent with at least one health system announcing job cuts and reductions to executive salaries. Elsewhere this week, the legislative fight for nurse-to-patient staffing ratios is gathering steam.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: California, Compensation, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, Michigan, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand
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MedPAC Examines Nurse Practitioner Pay
April 22, 2013 -- The debate about the increasing role of nurse practitioners was taken up by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) early in April, when the commission addressed issues of reimbursement for NPs and other non-physician practitioners.
Source: Healthcare Finance News
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Licensure and Certification, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Primary Care, Scope of Practice, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Senators Urge Support for Medicare/Children's GME, Rural Hospitals
April 17, 2013 -- Several senators urged the administration to increase funding for the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (GME) program and showed support for Medicare (GME) and critical access hospitals during a Senate Finance Committee.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: General Pediatricians, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Residency Programs
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Will ACA be a Boon for Concierge Care?
April 15, 2013 -- Proponents of the concierge care model say rising patient demand will prompt more consumers to seek personalized care, but some conflicts with health reform rules might arise.
Source: American Medical News
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care
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Obama Budget Would Replace SGR Formula, Boost Medicaid, Mental Health
April 11, 2013 -- Kaiser Health News offers a variety of articles discussing President Obama's 2014 budget blueprint. Changes included the elimination of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula to set Medicare physician payment rates.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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House Committees Release More Details on SGR Repeal and Replace Legislation
April 5, 2013 -- The House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees on April 3 released a more detailed framework examining how Congress could repeal and replace the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula based on feedback provided by stakeholders.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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MedPAC Debates Better Pay for APRNs, PAs
April 5, 2013 -- Some members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggested Medicare take stronger steps to recognize and reward the work of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs).
Source: MedPage Today
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Scope of Practice, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Sequestration Delivers Cuts to Family Physicians, Education Programs
April 3, 2013 -- Across-the-board budget reductions called for by the Budget Control Act's sequestration provision took effect on April 1, triggering a 2 percent reduction in the Medicare physician payment rate and a 2 percent cut in graduate medical education programs.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Home Health Agencies, Hospitals, Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care
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Painful Cuts Hit Neighborhoods with too Few Doctors
April 1, 2013 -- As the sequester axe descends on Medicare this week, some of the pain is falling on programs helping new doctors prepare to set up shop in the neediest neighborhoods — just months before health care reform brings a surge in demand.
Source: Primary Care Development Corporation
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, New York, Physicians, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Arkansas Senators to Vote on Extending PCA Training Requirements
March 28, 2013 -- Arkansas state senators are expected to vote on April 1 on a bill that requires all personal care aides (PCAs) to have 40 hours of training as a condition of employment.
Source: PHI
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Licensure and Certification, Medicare and Medicaid
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CMS to Pay Physicians for Services Related to Care Transitions
March 27, 2013 -- The 2013 physician fee schedule rate update rule includes a new policy to pay a patient’s physician or practitioner to coordinate the patient’s care in the 30 days following a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay.
Source: National Association for Homecare and Hospice
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Nurse Practitioners
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Nurse! Nurse! Relief for Medicaid’s Financial Ills?
March 21, 2013 -- Article discusses medicaid reimbursement in Illinois and how expanding the use of nurse practitioners could reduce and maybe eliminate the primary care shortage.
Source: Illinois Times
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Illinois, Medicare and Medicaid, Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care, Scope of Practice, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues
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