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Medicare Reform
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Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Washington Healthcare Update | October 23, 2023
By Stephanie A. Kennan, Gina Sherick, Gabriel Wiedenhoever
This Week in Washington: Still No Speaker in the House; NIH Director Nominee has Hearing; FDA Seeking Feedback on Innovative Drug Clinical Trial Design. Congress House House Energy and Commerce…
Medicaid & Medicare: A Legal Blog
Medicare Reform Proposals Include Eliminating “Incident-to” Rules
There are a lot of concerns related to “incident-to“ billing. However, for physician practices, “incident-to” billing is a money maker, which, in the world, of sub-par Medicare reimbursement rates is a…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Got an Opinion on the Future of Medicare? Then Share Your Opinion.
By rmorgan
We've heard that Speaker Ryan has a plan to change Medicare, but that the President had made campaign promises about preserving it. So, have an opinion? Should it remain unchanged?…
Med Law Blog
Progress on Medicare Payment Reform
HHS is gearing up to design and implement a revised Medicare payment system. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) has designated a merit based incentive payment…
Health Law Update
Medicare: Congress Ends 2015 With Some Last-Minute Reforms
Congress chose to end 2015 with some last-minute Medicare reforms impacting healthcare providers. Significantly, the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama on December 28, 2015,…
Health Law
FY 2016 Proposed Federal Budget’s Potential Impact on Healthcare Industry
The President’s proposed budget, released February 2, includes a number of provisions that will impact the health care industry. Most prominently, the budget would seek savings through modifications to Medicare…
Capital Thinking
SGR Formula Gaining Steam
Legislative Activity SGR Reform Negotiations Staff negotiations on a package to overhaul the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula are gaining steam as the Committees of jurisdiction tackle a significant hurdle…
Health Industry Washington Watch
MedPAC Report to Congress on Delivery Reform
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its June 2013 Report to the Congress on Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. The report examines a number of potential…
The Right Coast
Why Ryan Might Be Right | RealClearPolitics
Overlooked in the furor surrounding Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal -- a plan, it should be recalled, that wouldn't start until 2023 and even then would affect only new beneficiaries --…
InsureReinsure
Healthcare Update: Consensus at Senate Hearing: Medicare Reform is Necessary
Healthcare industry executives speaking at a Senate Finance Committee roundtable hearing on June 14 agreed that the current Medicare physician payment system is in need of reform.