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PAI Proposes Partnership in Development of Multi-Payor Claims Database
The Physicians Advocacy Institute, Inc.(PAI) has asked Donald Berwick, MD, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for a meeting to discuss the recent CMS contract award to Ingenix Public Sector Solutions, Inc., to build and operate a multi-payor claims database (MCPD).
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Physician Compare Website Focus of CMS Town Hall Meeting
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Town Hall meeting on the Physician Compare Website on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Anyone interested in attending the meeting […]
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Medicare Options Kit Available to Physicians
From mid-November through December 31, physicians will have their annual opportunity to review and perhaps change their participation status with the Medicare program.
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Medicaid Cuts Offer Lesson in Practice Economics 101
Governor Beverly Perdue’s announcement in late August to roll back a pending cut in Medicaid provider rates was welcome news to thousands of North Carolina physicians. Had the 1.35% cut in Medicaid physician payments been implemented, it would have sent another financial shock wave through practices already stressed by previous reductions and declining revenue.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Six Months Later
The Affordable Care Act was enacted six months ago on March 23, 2010. Here are the reform measures that kicked-in this week on September 23rd – six months from the day of enactment:
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CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Program Integrity
On September 23, CMS published a proposed rule to implement key program integrity provisions in the Affordable Care Act related to screening for providers of medical or other services and suppliers […]
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Federal Government Seeks Comments on National Strategy for Quality
On September 9, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a request for feedback on the development of a National Health Care Quality Strategy and […]
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Palmetto GBA Opens Listserv for Medicare Providers
Signaling that the transition from CIGNA Government Services (the current administrator of Medicare fee-for-service in NC) is about to begin, Palmetto GBA has opened up their provider listserv for sharing […]
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Research to compare the effectiveness of different medical treatments of the same conditions is on the upswing, due largely to significant increases in federal funding and the creation of a new public-private institute to steer those dollars.
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CMS Teleconference to Focus on EHRs Development in North Carolina
The Atlanta Regional Office for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Records will host a teleconference on Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at […]
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