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- Regional Medicare Rates Won't Improve Care
A "geographic value index" that would tie Medicare payment rates to the health benefits and costs of health services in particular regions of the country should not be adopted by Congress, according to a congressionally mandated report from the Institute of Medicine release in July 2013. The committee that wrote the report concluded that decisions about health care generally are made at the ...
July 25, 2013 - ThirdAge - Medicare spending rates based on regional cost variations unlikely to improve health care
( National Academy of Sciences ) A "geographic value index" that would tie Medicare payment rates to the health benefits and costs of health services in particular regions of the country should not be adopted by Congress, says a new congressionally mandated report from the Institute of Medicine. The committee that wrote the report concluded that decisions about health care generally are made at ...
July 24, 2013 - EurekAlert! - Home Health Leaders: Beneficiary Copays Wrong Approach to Medicare Physician Payment Reform
- Targeted reforms that strengthen Medicare program integrity and efficiency are better way to finance improved Medicare payment policy -WASHINGTON, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare today commended the House Ways and Means Committee for advancing efforts to reform payment policy for the nation's Medicare physicians. However, the Partnership ...
July 22, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News