The CMS has sent a sweeping finalized rule that will overhaul the managedMedicaid program to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The 653-page proposed version of the rule suggested the biggest changes in Medicaid managed-care regulations in more than a decade. It would cap insurer profits, require states to more rigorously supervise the [...]
The CMS has sent a sweeping finalized rule that will overhaul the managedMedicaid program to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The 653-page proposed version of the rule suggested the biggest changes in Medicaid managed-care regulations in more than a decade. It would cap insurer profits, require states to more rigorously supervise the [...]
It is not too early to register for IAMERS 23rd Annual Meeting to be held in Charleston, SC, 4-6 May 2016 at the Charleston Place Hotel. The registration form and additional details can be found here.
Monday, January 18, 2016, Last week, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Andy Slavitt announced that the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Meaningful Use program will “effectively” end and be “replaced with something better.” Read more here.
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The physicians of tomorrow must be grounded in the hard sciences, ethics and a commitment to lifelong learning while they're in medical school, writes Elaine Schattner, M.D., a semi-retired oncologist and journalist, in Forbes. Read more here.
President Barak Obama signed a nearly $2 trillion spending package into law on Friday that included provisions to suspend the sales tax on medical devices through 2017. The suspension of the 2.3% tax was part of a larger spending bill that will fund the government through September 2016. Read more here.
Kaiser Permanente will open its own independent medical school in Southern California, with its first class expected to enroll in fall 2019. The Oakland, Calif.-based not-for-profit system is planning a school that will emphasize patient care. Leaders say they want to bring Kaiser's “21st century medicine” model to a broader audience by teaching future doctors [...]
A two-year suspension of the 2.3% medical device excise tax is included in a $1.1 trillion spending bill that is expected to receive a vote in the House this week, to the delight of industry and med tech associations. Read more here.
By: Wayne Webster, Proactics Consulting If you wanted to see and be seen at the RSNA it wasn’t going to happen on the exhibit floor. You needed to be at the IAMERS reception on Monday evening. Each year IAMERS holds its biggest event of the year at RSNA. The Intercontinental Hotel Ballroom is the venue [...]