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Study: Medicare cuts don't promote hospital cost-shifting
Contrary to the long-held belief that cuts in Medicare spending leads to cost-shifting over to private payer patients, a new study suggests that such private sector spending actually decreases.
Medicare pay bump sends hospital stocks upwards
Not long after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed boosting Medicare payments for inpatient stays by 0.8 percent , hospital stocks soared, according to Dow Jones Business News....
2% Medicare cuts kick in today
Unable to take advantage of a one-month delay to stave off Medicare sequestration cuts, providers will see an automatic 2 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement begin today. The White House estimates the cuts could cost providers $11 billion in Medicare payments a year .
Hospitals, lawmakers want to end Medicare 'manipulation'
Lawmakers are looking to reverse a health reform provision that led to a $250 million annual windfall for Massachusetts hospitals.
Hospital groups denounce Medicare cuts
In a tale of two hospital associations, Tennessee's warns its members will be left reeling by planned cuts to Medicare in the Affordable Care Act, while Missouri's claims expanding Medicaid coverage will be required to make up those cuts.
AHA urges MedPAC to increase hospital pay
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging MedPAC to revise its recommended 1 percent pay bump and consider the consequences of sequestration.
Fiscal cliff deal to address SGR cuts
As Congress continues to grapple with a solution to the "fiscal cliff" the nation officially tumbled over on Tuesday, it appears likely that any deal will include at least a short-term fix to the looming 26.7 percent cut in Medicare payments to physicians.
Smaller hospitals fare well on CMS quality measures
Many community hospitals did better than many prestigious academic medical centers in terms of care quality penalties and awards from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
GAO: Expanding prepayment audits could save Medicare $115M
Although controversial, prepayment audits could save Medicare as much as $114.7 million, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released to the public yesterday.
CMS collects record-high $2.29B in overpayments
Healthcare recovery auditors (RACs) collected $2.29 billion in overpayments from providers in fiscal year 2012, a record-high level that's almost three times more than last year's $797.4 million recoupment of overpayments.
