What’s Ahead: This Week Congressional Schedule Both Chambers are now in recess for the Thanksgiving holiday and will be back in session starting on Tuesday, November 29. Notable Policy Events Monday, November 21 eHealth Initiative, Webinar, “Re-Imagining Care Delivery: The Power of Technology.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2f9biRe Tuesday, November 22 Bloomberg Government, Webinar, “What to Watch in… Read more »
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Health Policy Update 11-21-16
What’s Ahead: This Week Congressional Schedule Both Chambers are now in recess for the Thanksgiving holiday and will be back in session starting on Tuesday, November 29. Notable Policy Events Monday, November 21 eHealth Initiative, Webinar, “Re-Imagining Care Delivery: The Power of Technology.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2f9biRe Weekly Wrap Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week… Read more »
Health Policy Update 11-14-16
What’s Ahead: This Week Congressional Schedule Both chambers will be back in session this week. The House will convene on Monday, November 14, while the Senate will convene on Tuesday, November 15. Leadership elections are expected to be held this week. Notable Policy Events Saturday, November 12 – Tuesday, November 15 American Medical Association (AMA), 2016… Read more »
Six Things You May Not Have Known about the Medicare Shared Savings Program
On December 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 89 new organizations will join the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in January 2015. These accountable care organizations (ACOs) will bring approximately 23,000 additional physicians and other providers into the ACO program, and will likely be the last group of program entrants… Read more »
It’s Time to Focus on the Value of Medicare Advantage
As a Democratic staffer in the Senate during the debate and passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003, I was concerned about private plans getting more involved in Medicare. Why were we going to pay commercial plans to do what Medicare does? Would favorable risk be taken out of the Medicare risk pool? Would… Read more »
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