Search results for "Medicare"
Frail elderly account for majority of potentially preventable Medicare spending
Among the many steps needed to provide high-value care for every high-need, high-cost older adult are a faster shift toward value-based health care; new data collection, analysis, and treatment planning; and new models for payment and patient assignment, an editorial stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2017
Physical therapy may reduce fall risk in patients who report dizziness
A study of 805,454 U.S. adults suggested that physical therapy after presentation for dizziness was associated with a reduction in fall risk over the next year.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/19/4.htm
19 Sep 2023
Studies, CMS look at lowering prescription prices
Even as Medicare seeks to negotiate down the costs of 10 prescription drugs, researchers are examining the effectiveness of existing private programs to provide lower drug costs and copays.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/05/1.htm
5 Sep 2023
CMS releases final rule on Medicare Shared Savings Program
Many of the changes to the program were in response to concerns and comments that ACP provided to the agency.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/23/5.htm
23 Jun 2015
Adherence to sleep apnea treatment reduces health care use, costs in heart failure
Positive airway pressure-adherent patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obstructive sleep apnea had fewer health care visits, including ED and hospital visits, than nonadherent patients, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/2.htm
18 Jul 2023
About one-third of Americans with HCV had evidence of viral clearance in past decade
The highest proportion of hepatitis C virus (HCV) cure or clearance among all age groups and payers was 49% among commercially insured patients ages 60 years and older, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/11/4.htm
11 Jul 2023
Medicare will pay for lung cancer screening with CT
Medicare announced last week that it would begin covering screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT, effective immediately.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/10/4.htm
10 Feb 2015
CMS conducting 2011 Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is now conducting its annual satisfaction survey for Medicare fee-for-service contractors responsible for processing and paying Medicare claims.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/21/9.htm
21 Dec 2010
New preventive care charts from Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published three new charts for physicians about preventive services covered by Medicare.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/19/6.htm
19 Apr 2011
Medicare participation deadline extended for 2013
Due to the last-minute action by Congress on the Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending Medicare's 2013 Annual Participation Enrollment Program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/15/7.htm
15 Jan 2013