Here are seven issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.
1. A federal judge rejected New Hampshire's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against 10 state hospitals, saying the hospitals have legal ground to sue over the state's Medicaid cuts.
2. CMS said it wants to reduce the level of supervision required for 15 outpatient services, including vaccine administrations and bladder catheter insertion.
3. An analysis of the latest American Hospital Association's RACTrac survey shows that Medicare RACs are requesting and reviewing a bevy of cases — but hospitals are winning more appeals.
4. Milwaukee, Wis.-based Aurora Health Care's Lakeshore Medical Clinic was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
5. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to the five major hospital associations emphasizing the federal government's zero-tolerance for healthcare fraud. They also said law enforcement agencies will pursue providers who try to "game the system" with new technologies. Provider groups responded, saying they are and have been committed to combating Medicare fraud but need additional guidance from federal agencies for certain coding and billing issues.
6. To discern how President Barack Obama's and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's plans would affect the critical issues of Medicare, the Associated Press proposed five questions to each campaign.
7. HHS announced the average Medicare beneficiary will save $5,000 from 2010 to 2022 under the healthcare reform law.
1. A federal judge rejected New Hampshire's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against 10 state hospitals, saying the hospitals have legal ground to sue over the state's Medicaid cuts.
2. CMS said it wants to reduce the level of supervision required for 15 outpatient services, including vaccine administrations and bladder catheter insertion.
3. An analysis of the latest American Hospital Association's RACTrac survey shows that Medicare RACs are requesting and reviewing a bevy of cases — but hospitals are winning more appeals.
4. Milwaukee, Wis.-based Aurora Health Care's Lakeshore Medical Clinic was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
5. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to the five major hospital associations emphasizing the federal government's zero-tolerance for healthcare fraud. They also said law enforcement agencies will pursue providers who try to "game the system" with new technologies. Provider groups responded, saying they are and have been committed to combating Medicare fraud but need additional guidance from federal agencies for certain coding and billing issues.
6. To discern how President Barack Obama's and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's plans would affect the critical issues of Medicare, the Associated Press proposed five questions to each campaign.
7. HHS announced the average Medicare beneficiary will save $5,000 from 2010 to 2022 under the healthcare reform law.
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