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ACCOUNTABLE CARE ACT
2013-05-01 HIEs prescription drug coverage, co-pays, deductibles? view complete bulletin
2012-11-16 State Run Health Insurance Exchanges? view complete bulletin
2012-10-01 Hospital Fines Begin Today! view complete bulletin
2012-07-23 Emerging Terms or Programs with PPACA & Payment Reform view complete bulletin
2012-06-28 ObamaCare Affirmed by Supreme Court view complete bulletin
2012-05-02 ACA: 200 Billion in Savings view complete bulletin
2012-04-26 Implications for ACOs of Variations in Spending Growth view complete bulletin
2012-04-13 ACA to Reduce Health Care Cost? view complete bulletin
2011-07-29 Accountable Care Act Grows Medicaid Drug Rebates view complete bulletin
2011-03-07 1099 Repeal view complete bulletin
2011-01-20 CA Tightening Regulations on Insurance Companies? view complete bulletin
2010-11-22 Ryan-Rivlin Deficit Reduction Proposal view complete bulletin
2010-11-15 Bowles Simpson Commission Report view complete bulletin
2010-06-28 Cost of Healthcare Reform to Employers? view complete bulletin
2010-04-16 Health Care Reform Pilots and Demonstrations view complete bulletin
2010-03-26 Health Care Reform Provisions Impact on Pharma view complete bulletin
2010-03-26 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR HOSPITALS view complete bulletin
2010-03-26 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE view complete bulletin
2010-03-26 HEALTH CARE REFORM DEVELOPING PAYMENT MODELS FOR PHYSICIANS view complete bulletin
2010-01-13 HEALTH CARE REFORM QUALITY OPTIONS view complete bulletin
2009-12-08 AMA response to healthcare reform bill view complete bulletin
2009-12-04 Kaiser Family Foundation Comparison Tool Health Care Reform Proposals view complete bulletin
2009-07-15 House Unveils Health Reform Bill view complete bulletin
2009-06-12 Affordable Health Choices Act view complete bulletin
2009-05-01 Baucus Proposal view complete bulletin
2009-02-02 Proposed Senate Bill 295 view complete bulletin
2009-01-27 NEJM round table discussion: Prospects Healthcare Reform view complete bulletin
2008-12-24 Cost/Savings of Proposed Healthcare Reform view complete bulletin
ARCHIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS/EFFICIENCY
2011-10-05 NICE Increasingly Reliant on Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Reimbursement Decisions view complete bulletin
2010-12-03 Pharma Reimbursement at Risk from CER Findings? view complete bulletin
2009-12-22 HHS All-Payer, All-Claims Database to Support Comparative Effectiveness Research view complete bulletin
2009-03-26 Comparative Effectiveness Council view complete bulletin
2009-01-19 True Cost of Comparative Effectiveness Research? view complete bulletin
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
2012-02-10 EHR Continues to Move Forward view complete bulletin
HAC/PPR/PPC/ADVERSE EVENTS
2012-09-07 How big will the Medicare readmissions penalty be? view complete bulletin
2011-04-05 Hospital Specific HACs Available view complete bulletin
2011-02-16 PPCs - Medicaids Answer to HACs view complete bulletin
2011-02-08 CMS Initiatives Linked to Reduced Errors, Readmissions view complete bulletin
2010-12-07 Adverse Events - Are your products involved? view complete bulletin
2010-11-22 Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations view complete bulletin
2010-06-07 CA data Hospital Readmissions view complete bulletin
2010-06-03 CA fines hospitals for failure to report Adverse Events view complete bulletin
2009-09-17 NQF new projects on Patient Safety view complete bulletin
2009-09-09 Limited Financial Impact from Medicare HAC Nonpayment Policies view complete bulletin
2008-12-12 Provider Non-payment for Targeted Never Events view complete bulletin
HEALTH CARE SPENDING/DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT
2012-07-30 Consolidation of Healthplans view complete bulletin
2012-03-27 Medicare Premium Support Proposals view complete bulletin
2012-03-05 2009 Health care Expenditures view complete bulletin
2012-01-11 Reduced Spending Medicare/Medicaid in 2010 view complete bulletin
2011-11-21 It isn't just the stock market anymore? view complete bulletin
2011-11-11 State Medicaid Budget Survey - Emphasis on Cost Containment view complete bulletin
2011-10-13 MedPAC APPROVES REPEAL OF SGR view complete bulletin
2011-07-28 National Health Spending Projections Through 2020 view complete bulletin
2011-07-19 Drugs Part of Answer to Debt Ceiling Problems? view complete bulletin
2011-01-18 States Face Budget Short Falls and New Taxes view complete bulletin
2010-08-17 Medicare Savings on the Back of Physicians’ Reimbursement view complete bulletin
2010-07-12 Hospitals Help Pay for view complete bulletin
2010-06-28 Reprieve in Doctor's Medicare Pay Cuts view complete bulletin
2010-03-30 2010 Physician Pay Cuts Remain Undecided view complete bulletin
2010-01-13 National Health Care Spending Slows view complete bulletin
2009-11-11 Hospital Profits Plumment view complete bulletin
2009-07-14 12 year exclusivity for biologics? view complete bulletin
2009-06-24 6.24.09 Legislative Updates view complete bulletin
2009-04-08 Who is Turning Reps Away view complete bulletin
2008-12-16 Price Controls on Drugs Reduces Life Spans view complete bulletin
MEDICARE/MEDPAC
2012-11-19 Poor Performance Impacting Select Medicare Advantage Plans view complete bulletin
2010-06-22 Can SMT help you prepare for Medicare Physician Fee Cuts? view complete bulletin
2010-03-11 MedPAC 2011 Recommendations view complete bulletin
2010-01-20 MedPAC 2011 Medicare Payment Recommendations view complete bulletin
2009-10-08 MedPAC Medicare Resource and Spending Discrepancies By MSA view complete bulletin
2009-09-01 Proposed Changes Medicare Part D Program view complete bulletin
2009-03-26 MedPAC Testimony before Energy and Commerce view complete bulletin
PAYMENT MODELS
2013-01-22 ACOs continue to grow view complete bulletin
2012-05-02 Implications for ACOs of Variations in Spending Growth view complete bulletin
2011-09-01 Medigap Reduced Coverage view complete bulletin
2011-07-19 Demise of Medigap? view complete bulletin
2011-07-13 Affordable Health Insurance Exchanges - State or Federal? view complete bulletin
2011-06-16 ACOs contested by major hospital systems view complete bulletin
2011-04-19 Overview Proposed ACO Regulations view complete bulletin
2011-02-15 Payers of the Future: Stasis or Demise of Private Employer Based Health Insurance? view complete bulletin
2011-01-31 Health Plan Consolidation? view complete bulletin
2010-12-13 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation view complete bulletin
2010-09-15 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) view complete bulletin
2010-08-18 Bundling, Episodes of Care, New Payment Systems: Take a Look into the Future view complete bulletin
2010-07-27 Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan view complete bulletin
2010-07-22 Massachusetts: A Vision of Health Care Reform? view complete bulletin
2010-06-22 What role can you play in the formation and development of ACOs? view complete bulletin
2010-04-06 Glossary Of Terms: Payment Reform view complete bulletin
2009-10-08 Massachusetts first P4P state? view complete bulletin
QUALITY PERFORMANCE/P4P/VBP
2012-06-01 Healthcare Quality view complete bulletin
2012-04-27 Medicare VBP Program Expanding view complete bulletin
2011-09-01 AHA response to CMS VBP view complete bulletin
2011-06-16 NQF 2011 Proposed New Serious Reportable Events view complete bulletin
2011-05-16 Private P4P Underway view complete bulletin
2011-04-22 Physician Quality Performance Beginning to Make a Dent view complete bulletin
2011-03-17 Top 10 VTE articles view complete bulletin
2011-02-09 CAHPS Survey Medical Homes view complete bulletin
2011-02-08 Quality Performance Linked to Employment? view complete bulletin
2011-02-04 Medicare Pay for Performance Program to Affect Thrombosis Market posted on www.clotmarket.com view complete bulletin
2011-01-14 Medicare Proposed P4P view complete bulletin
2011-01-14 TJC New Quality Performance Standards view complete bulletin
2010-12-22 Broader Access to Provider Specific Information view complete bulletin
2010-11-30 Calendar Significant Quality Events view complete bulletin
2010-04-20 Role of Reputation in Hospital Ranking view complete bulletin
2010-04-06 Perceived Physician Quality of Care and Payment Reform view complete bulletin
2009-07-27 Medication Management Measures view complete bulletin
2009-07-27 Hospital Performance Patient Safety view complete bulletin
2009-07-06 2009 TJC scoring changes view complete bulletin
2009-01-08 CMS Announces 99% Succesful OPPS Reporting view complete bulletin
2008-11-24 Medicare Hospital Quality Improvement Act of 2008 - Value Based Purchasing view complete bulletin
2008-11-19 CMS Approves New Accreditation Organization view complete bulletin
2008-11-19 MedPac Report to Congress June 2008 view complete bulletin
RAC/DOJ/HEALTH CARE FRAUD
2010-09-15 RACs Medical Necessity Audits view complete bulletin
2009-10-01 $85.64M paid in setlements for inpatient admission of typical outpatient procedures view complete bulletin
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