“The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may be duplicating efforts and paying for the same services under multiple programs to test new payment and treatment delivery models, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a recent report. Better coordination among the programs is needed to prevent the inefficient use of federal resources, GAO said.” – Medcape Medical News
“In all, Medicare is rewarding 1,557 hospitals with more money and reducing payments to 1,427 others, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of records released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The maximum amount any hospital could gain or lose was 1 percent of its regular Medicare payments.” – Kaiser Health News
“The so-called [Medicaid] transformation waiver could potentially bring Texas’ health care industry a $29 billion infusion over the next five years — if hospitals and providers can figure out how to create a system that will reap the benefits.” – Texas Tribune
“As lawmakers negotiated a budget deal Thursday, the American Health Care Association voiced its objection to cutting the Medicaid Provider Assessment statutory threshold.” – McKnight’s