Physician-owned hospitals looking for ways around ACA
Physician-owned hospitals are simultaneously lobbying to get some of the financial restrictions imposed by the Affordable Care Act lifted by Congress, while also expanding services that haven't been proscribed, reported The Wall Street Journal.
A closer look at the Medicaid 'lifestyle'
In an era when politicians compete to repeat the same sound bites endlessly, I have to give Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Jase Bolger credit for adding a completely new concept to the long shopworn debate over how to implement the Affordable Care Act: The Medicaid "lifestyle."
Bolger made reference to that as part of a GOP-backed proposal introduced in the Michigan House that would limit the state's adult, non-disabled residents to receiving Medicaid benefits for no more than 48 months in their lifetimes.
"It goes entirely to our belief that government assistance is not an entitlement, nor is it a lifestyle, if you're an able-bodied adult," he told the Detroit News. Michigan is one of 16 states still figuring out whether to expand Medicaid. Read more...
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GAO questions payment adjustments to IPPS hospitals
A new GAO report ound that Congress has modified how Medicare reimburses certain hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), with 91 percent of hospitals receiving an adjustment or exemption to the IPPS flat fee per stay.
Rural hospitals vulnerable in states without Medicaid expansion
Rural hospitals in states likely to opt out of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act could be hit the hardest by a continuing stream of uninsured patients coming through their doors, Marketplace has reported.
Study: Medicare cuts don't promote hospital cost-shifting
Contrary to the long-held belief that cuts in Medicare spending leads to cost-shifting over to private payer patients, a new study suggests that such private sector spending actually decreases.
DSH cuts could receive a reprieve
Hundreds of hospitals bracing for cuts in the federal disproportionate share program have gotten a reprieve from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
After CMS releases chargemaster data, hospitals mull price changes
Days after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released hospital chargemaster data for dozens of the most common procedures they perform, providers are mulling whether to cut their prices or do nothing at all.
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The ability to listen first and take action second has been key to Marilyn Tavenner's success in leading the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since 2010, according to several FierceHealthIT Editorial Advisory Board members. However, they say, how well she continues to practice such patience in the face of politics will be what ultimately defines her tenure at CMS.
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