I attended this event in February. I really appreciated the cross functional perspectives from various providers and payers on the direction of the heal care and their response to the new legislation. I would recommend reviewing this as a webcast. —————-From Margaret Wong——————– The Center for Health Care Management and Policy is pleased to...
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From CMS via HPMS on Sept 3, 2010: “On August 11, 2010, we issued a memo describing corrections to the 2011 Annual Notice of Change/Evidence of Coverage. We have the following additional corrections. 1 – Under the bullet, EOC Chapter 4, section 2.1, Your medical benefits and costs as a member of our plan,...
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That time of year again! CMS has distributed via HPMS the 2011 MA and PDP Readiness memo. Make sure you incorporate in your plan a review of the checklist and implement any corrective action to ensure your plan is in compliance. CMS has been increasing their review of plans and this checklist is your...
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FROM HPMS Memo Dated August 20, 2010: As in past years, CMS is offering your organization an opportunity to preview how your plan data will appear in the upcoming “Medicare & You” handbook. This year, the preview period will be Friday, September 3 through Wednesday, September 8. Specific times will be provided in future notices....
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There’s a lot of talk right now about electronic health records, and how health care professionals and hospitals are going to pay for them. So you probably have a lot of questions about them as well: Am I eligible to receive incentive payments under the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs?...
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Thursday’s release of a report authored by the trustees charged with gauging the solvency of Social Security and Medicare each year shows that Medicare’s hospital trust fund will remain solvent until 2029, 12 years longer than projections before health reform. That is the good news that Democrats are referencing given this is the first...
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