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Final Rule Increases Medicaid Payment Rates For Primary Care Physicians
November 8, 2012Physicians who treat Medicaid patients will get a pay raise in two months when Medicaid reimbursement rates becoming equal to Medicare reimbursement rates for primary care services. The final rule released Nov. 1 establishes the requirement under the health reform … Continue reading
Posted in CMS Final Rule | Tagged CMS, CMS Final Rule, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Services, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicaid Fee Schedules | Leave a commentCMS Final Rule Increases Payment Rates for Inpatient Services
August 2, 2012Medicare payment rates to acute-care hospitals will increase by about 2.8% in 2013, while the program’s total spending on inpatient hospital services will rise by about $2 billion compared with 2012, the CMS announced after releasing a final payment rule … Continue reading
Posted in CMS Final Rule | Tagged CMS, CMS Final Rule, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Services, Healthcare | Leave a commentMedicaid Expansion Final Rule Released
March 30, 2012The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released on March 16 its final rule on changes to Medicaid eligibility to support policies that will expand insurance to millions of uninsured Americans and provide simple procedures to gain coverage. Medicaid expansion … Continue reading
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