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MedPAC says Medicare payments 'still adequate'

Now here's an assertion that might raise a few hackles. According to Glenn Hackbarth, chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Medicare payments are still "adequate to cover the... Read more...

Grassley wants charity care standards in stimulus

Working with another member of the Senate Finance Committee, perennial not-for-profit hospital critic Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is offering two amendments to the massive stimulus bill that should... Read more...

MedPAC mulls financial relationship disclosure rules

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has begun considering recommendations that would require new disclosures regarding financial relationships between drug manufacturers, device... Read more...

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Telemonitoring in Transition Care May Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Nyack Hospital evaluates use of telemonitoring to help CHF patients transition from hospital to homeNYACK, N.Y., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A clinical study is underway at Nyack Hospital to evaluate the Read more >>