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Recent Federal RFCs on Exchange Plan Quality and Meaningful Use Stage 3 Recommendations
Posted on November 27, 2012
Key Developments
On Nov. 26, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology’s Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC), which advises the government on its electronic health record incentive program, published recommendations for Meaningful Use...
Medicare Conditions of Participation
Posted on November 16, 2012
Federal Law
Medicare Conditions of Participation (COPs)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) develop Conditions of Participation (COPs) that health care entities must meet in order to participate in the Medicare program. These COPs...
Colorado Launches All Payer Claims Database
Posted on November 09, 2012
Key Developments
Colorado set up its All Payer Claims Database (APCD) on November, 1, 2012. The database is being managed by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. The APCD currently holds historical claims data from the last three years from the largest...
How Physician Compare Could Help Consumers
Posted on October 26, 2012
Briefs
This report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation outlines improvements and new ways health care payors could use the Physician Compare website. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Physician Compare website, mandated by the Affordable Care...
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA)
Posted on October 15, 2012
Federal Law
PSQIA:
The patient safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) amended Title IX of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to improve patient safety and reduce the occurrence of adverse events. The PSQIA establishes a voluntary...
CMS Releases Final Rule on EHR Incentive Programs - Stage 2 (Meaningful Use)
Posted on August 23, 2012
Key Developments
On August 23, 2012, CMS released the final rule governing Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. These programs were authorized by the HITECH Act, part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of...
Obama Administration Announces Ground-breaking Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Health Care Fraud
Posted on August 02, 2012
Key Developments
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new initiative to prevent health care fraud. This new arrangement allows state officials to partner with private insurance organizations and other health...
State Health Insurance Exchange Laws: The First Generation
Posted on August 01, 2012
Article
This issue brief examines the efforts by 13 states and the District of Columbia to establish a health insurance exchange as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as of May, 2012.
Key Developments
This proposed rule would update the payment rates under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Part B drugs and other Part B services based on national uniform relative value units (RVUs). The rule also proposes implementing the Affordable Care Act by...
Key Developments
This proposed rule includes an update to the payment rates and policies for Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers. The rule also makes changes to the electronic health record incentive program.
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