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Round Up, December 12 - 16

Friday, December 16th, 2011 - 10:16
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John M. Kamensky
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 09:12
Okay, so we weren’t going to publish a Round Up this week since several of us are on vacation, but here are three stories I didn’t want to sit on since they are long and you might want to read them during leisure moments during your holiday vacation!
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CMS Tries Out Coordinated Care Experiment to Reduce Medicare Costs

Thursday, September 29th, 2011 - 13:44
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Stephen Majors
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 13:21
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled on Wednesday a new initiative designed to get primary care practices to better coordinate care with other providers, with the goal of saving money for Medicare. The initiative is separate from the Accountable Care Organization effort; those participating in ACOs cannot also participate in this latest initiative.
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Medicare Advantage Bucks the Dire Predictions

Monday, September 19th, 2011 - 0:24
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Chad Perman
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 23:43
In spite of predictions by reform law opponents and objective analysts alike that Medicare Advantage enrollees would face higher premium rates when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that insurers, beneficiaries, and taxpayers have all benefited. In fact, premium rates for seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage, the private insurance options contracted by the Medicare program, fell this year and are expected to decline an additional 4% in 2012.
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Lawmakers Set Sights on Independent Medicare Panel Next Week

Friday, July 8th, 2011 - 7:43
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Stephen Majors
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 07:31
Next week, two House panels will hold hearings on a controversial independent board designed to make cuts to Medicare, according to Politico. The Independent Payment Advisory Board is made up of unelected officials who will make recommendations to Congress on how Medicare costs should be cut. Congress must then approve the recommended cuts, or come up with its own plan to cut an equal amount.
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Could the Next Debate Over the Medicare "Doc Fix" Bring Medicare Reforms?

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 - 11:23
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Stephen Majors
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:59
Medicare has dominated the headlines recently. Congressman Paul Ryan's voucher plan for Medicare is likely to be a top issue in the GOP presidential nomination process, while many members of Congress continue to speak out against the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which has the authority to pressure Congress into making cuts to Medicare.
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Independent Medicare Cost-Cutting Board Draws Ire From Congress

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 - 9:15
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Stephen Majors
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 08:41
Many lawmakers from across the political spectrum don't accept the idea that an independent board should make decisions to pare Medicare, according to The New York Times.
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Stephen Stollmack

ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT CUTTING MEDICARE BUT NO ONE HAS TIME TO ASK BENEFICIARIES WHAT THEY THINK. IF IT WAS MY MONEY, I WOULD NOT SPEND $10,000 PER YEAR ON MEDICAL SERVICES BUT ONCE YOU WALK IN THE CLINIC OR HOSPITAL DOOR, YOU LOSE CONTROL OVER WHAT SERVICES YOU GET.
There needs to be a site for Medicare Beneficiaries to report or make suggestions for cost cutting.
Is there some site where cost-saving ideas like this are being discussed? I would rather have a rationally limited Medicare than no Medicare at all.

06/26/2011 - 23:03
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CBO Director Elmendorf Presents Stark Challenges of Reducing Health Care Costs

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 - 9:20
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Stephen Majors
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 08:22
Ever since the administration's quest for health reform began, the talk has been about "bending the cost curve." The phrase encapsulates the challenges that lay ahead in reducing the nation's rapidly increasing expenditures on health care.
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HHS Announces $1 Billion Patient Safety Initiative

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 - 11:54
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Stephen Majors
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 11:30
The Department of Health and Human Services annouced today the Partnership for Patients, an effort to create public-private cooperation in reducing health care mistakes and promoting better transitions in care from acute settings in hospitals to nursing homes and home-based care settings. The initiative will use up to $1 billion in funding from the health reform law.
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More Details On Accountable Care Organizations

Friday, April 1st, 2011 - 9:56
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Stephen Majors
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 09:35
Now that everyone has had more time to digest the hundreds of pages of proposed rules for accountable care organizations, here are some of the highlights. The public will have two months to comment on the proposal, and final rules will be issued by HHS later this year.
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Would Accountable Care Organizations Be Adequate Without Patient Incentives?

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 - 9:49
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Stephen Majors
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 09:24
As regulators move toward releasing rules governing the formation of accountable care organizations, Mark Lutes and Joel Brill are asking for the inclusion of patient incentives to drive a trend toward cheaper and more efficient care. They suggest that personal responsibility -- or maybe just interest -- among patients is an important factor in lowering costs.
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