The following is reprinted with permission from Singletrack Analytics. In the draft ACO regulations, CMS established a single ACO risk adjustment factor using historical data from all participants, and did not modify it throughout the participation period. This policy reflected…
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Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan is scheduled to make $2.41 million in salary, bonuses and several years of stock options this year, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
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Both the American Hospital Association and American Medical Association boosted their lobbying efforts in the third quarter of 2011 from the second quarter of this year, according to a report from the Center for Responsive Politics.
CMS recently announced that the 2012 calendar year application fee for providers that are initially enrolling in Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP enrollment; or adding a new Medicare practice location will…
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Carole McEwan, ICD-10 project manager at SSM Health Care based in St. Louis, recently spoke at CHIME11, the Fall CIO Forum, and estimated the health system will need roughly 110,000 hours of ICD-10 education to make the transition, according to…
The California Hospital Association has filed a complaint against the state and HHS to block a proposed 10 percent cut to provider reimbursements under the state's Medi-Cal program, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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