news and updates

Nov.7, 2011

Supreme Court requests additional briefing in Douglas cases in response to CMS action requests

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Nov.2, 2011

CMS published the Medicare ACO Final Rule in the Federal Register, at http://1.usa.gov/to9sBm See related rules regarding federal waivers in connection with the ACO program, http://1.usa.gov/sTx2XC, and the Advanced Payment ACO model, http://1.usa.gov/t9ggE8

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Nov.1, 2011

CMS issues Medicare OPPS Final Rule, including changes to inpatient value-based purchasing program requested by hospitals.

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Nov.1, 2011

California Hospital Association files lawsuit to halt Medicaid rate cutes approved by CMS. See CHA summary at http://bit.ly/s0BJOn

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Oct.27, 2011

Kaiser Family Foundation 50 State Medicaid survey for 2011-2012 finds that Medicaid officials in virtually every state are enacting a variety of cost cutting measures, while many states are also implementing delivery system reforms to improve efficiency....

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