As Cabinet nominee Tom Price faces a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, a newly released trove of documents sheds further light on how he interacted as a congressman with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the massive agency he may soon oversee.
Six years ago, federal health officials were confident they could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually by auditing private Medicare Advantage insurance plans that allegedly overcharged the government for medical services.
A recent change in the way Medicare pays for joint replacements is saving millions of dollars annually — and could save billions — without impacting patient care, a new studyhas found. But the man Donald Trump has picked to be the secretary of Health and Human Services has vocally opposed the new mandatory payment program and is likely to revoke it.
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Republicans in Congress say they'll vote to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act early next year — even though they don't yet have a plan to replace it.
On October 14th, CMS released the Final Rule that implements the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA repealed the unpopular Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Formula (SGR) for determining updates to Medicare Part B revenue and replaced it with the new QPP called the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. HBMA submitted extensive comments to CMS on the proposed rule. Many of HBMA’s concerns were also raised by other organizations. CMS addressed most of those concerns in the final rule.
President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan agree that repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with some other health insurance system is a top priority.
But they disagree on whether overhauling Medicare should be part of that plan. Medicare is the government-run health system for people age 65 and older and the disabled.
Trump said little about Medicare during his campaign, other than to promise that he wouldn't cut it.
The federal government has issued final regulations that reform the way Medicare pays doctors. If the new rules achieve their intended goal, all Americans — and not just Medicare enrollees — could see improvements in the quality of their care.
FARMINGTON HILLS September 15, 2016 -- Medical Billing Resources Inc has been selected for the 2016 Best of Farmington Hills Award in the Medical Billing Consultants category by the Farmington Hills Award Program.
