NEW PROGRAM TO INCREASE QUALITY IN NURSING FACILITIES
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced seven cooperative agreement awards partnering with 145 nursing facilities to implement the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents.
Newsroom Press ReleaseHHS ANNOUNCES STATE HEALTH CARE INNOVATION INITIATIVE
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a new opportunity made possible by the Affordable Care Act to help States design and test improvements to their health care systems that would bolster health care quality and decrease costs.
Newsroom Press ReleaseHEALTH CARE LAW INCREASES PAYMENTS TO DOCTORS FOR PRIMARY CARE
Primary care physicians serving Medicaid patients would see their Medicaid payments rise under a proposed rule announced today by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS ANNOUNCES POLICY, PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR THE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE IN 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in calendar year (CY) 2012.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS PROPOSES OPTIONS FOR 2012 PAYMENT RATES FOR MEDICARE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
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