June 17, 2013
Daily Briefing
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Friday outlined several recommendations for the Medicare program, including a policy that would equalize payment rates for evaluation and management visits provided inside or outside a hospital.
June 17, 2013
Daily Briefing
Although the Affordable Care Act will expand access to insurance coverage in 2014, hospitals are worried that millions of Americans will enroll in high-deductible plans that will force them to pay out of pocket and lead to more uncompensated-care costs.
June 17, 2013
Daily Briefing
Millions of Americans are unwittingly getting too little sleep—and research shows that it may have a major effect on their health, Jane Brody writes this week in the New York Times' "Well."
June 17, 2013
Daily Briefing
More troubling details—including allegations that one doctor over-sedated patients in order to perform unnecessary surgeries—continue to emerge from the federal government's case against Chicago's Sacred Heart Hospital, Charles Babcock reports for Bloomberg News.
June 17, 2013
Daily Briefing
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last week outlined four methods to improve treatment of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions through better use of accountable care organizations.