The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), are the official estimates of total national healthcare spending. The NHEA measures annual U.S. expenditures for healthcare goods and services, public health activities
Doctors Say Medicare/Medicaid EHR Guidelines Onerous
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Doctors and organized medical associations are voicing their objections to proposed Stage 2 Medicare and Medicaid guidelines, saying the new standards are far too demanding for many smaller and less-sophisticated medical practices. Practitioners are asking that requirements be within a…
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ACOs Working Out Initial Difficulties
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Apparently some early participants in the accountable care organization (ACO) program are experiencing problems accessing crucial CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) data.
The acting administrator of CMS has reported to ACO supervisors and others at a conference last…
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Trial
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From March 26 through 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the multi-state challenge to the 2010 healthcare reform law known as Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Our McGuireWoods colleagues published a…
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Long-Awaited Proposed Rules re Shared Savings Program & ACOs Released By CMS, IRS, DOJ & FTC
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Yesterday, CMS released the much anticipated proposed regulations regarding the Shared Savings Program contemplated in Section 3022 of the healthcare reform law, PPACA. The 429-page set of regulations is expected to provide greater clarity re CMS’s implementation of HHS’s authority to contract with…
Two Steps in the Evolution of Telemedicine: CMS Proposed Rules re Cross-Credentialing and Expanded Telemedicine Services May Open Some Doors for Telemedicine Companies
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On May 26th, CMS released a proposed rule setting out new credentialing and privileging processes for physicians and other healthcare professionals who provide telemedicine services, a move which may lesson burdens on healthcare providers considering telemedicine options. Further, next week…
Healthcare Spending Continues to Rise Even in Ailing Economy
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The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) are published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and are the official estimates of total national healthcare spending. CMS began releasing the NHEA in 1960. The NHEA measures annual U.S. expenditures…
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