Medicare Payment Advisory Commission News
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Hospital readmission rates for Medicare patients are dropping after increasing for more than five years as the 2010 U.S. health-care law begins levying penalties for excessive numbers of repeat patient visits.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp., the third- largest U.S. hospital chain, keeps an eye on Medicare patients after they’re released. This isn’t just about professional integrity. Tenet has a financial stake in their well-being.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin representative, made competing assertions during their debate last night in Danville, Kentucky. How did they square with the facts?
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A report by federal health care inspectors in November said the U.S. nursing home industry overbills Medicare $1.5 billion a year for treatments patients don’t need or never receive.
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Medicare Advantage plans, private insurance for the elderly, may survive losing $136 billion in government subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health-care law.
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The federal budget proposed by Representative Paul Ryan, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, extols the benefits of “promoting true choice” for Medicare beneficiaries. In truth, though, the Ryan plan would substantially reduce choice for many people on Medicare -- by cutting them off from their current doctors.
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Oxygen therapy companies led by Lincare Holdings Inc. are among government health-care vendors that are overpaid and should have reimbursements cut, according to a federal budget report.
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Lois Armstrong and David Daucher closed their for-profit hospice in October to get out from under more than $27 million in refunds it owed the federal Medicare program, they said.
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Hospital operators such as Tenet Healthcare Corp. will get higher federal payments for emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging and other outpatient services in 2012 under U.S. rules.
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Hospitals where the sickest patients go to recover haven’t been proven to give effective care, according to a study that may cause deeper scrutiny of the facilities by Congress and health officials.
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