Published on May,21 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...d continued budget pressure to reduce the cost of the New York Medicaid program, has spurred the state and the CMS to initiate a reset of those rates (Daly, 5/18). Chicago Sun-Times: Senate Democrats' Spending Plan Offer...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...aw; the most recent report was released last month. But the report portrays a view that is too optimistic, the CMS memo contends, as it incorporates mandated reductions for most Medicare services (Zigmond, 5/20). ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...da on Friday became the latest states to receive Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan, or CO-OP, loans from the CMS, bringing the award total to more than $982 million for these not-for-profit insurers created by the Pati...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...d Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project (AMAP) said sea levels would rise, on current melting trends, by 90 cms to 1.6 metres (3.0 to 5.3 feet) by 2100. ...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Kaiser Health
... if they are unjustified, she said. “If a customer doesn’t pay his premiums and we dis-enroll him and he calls CMS to complain, then we’ve got a problem because it shows up as a complaint. Do we leave people enrolled? Do...
Published on May,19 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
It may be just 10cms wide and less than a metre long, but the Olympic torch is the most potent symbol of the Games and the competition to design it was fierce. Over 600 agencies submitted proposals and the winners were ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...invest in it. At least that's the thinking of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Last week, the CMS innovation center awarded 26 grants – worth a total of $122.6 million – to a variety of health care organ...
Published on May,17 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...trict has a large, rural population, with many living in remote areas of the Rocky Mountains. The $1.7 million CMS grant will help expand a just-started telemedicine program for cardiac care. Brad Cochennet Emergency...
Published on May,16 2012 - by Kaiser Health
...IT's future, and who's doing it best right now, make news as the national coordinator for health IT and former CMS head Donald Berwick weigh in on "meaningful use" compliance by clinicians across the country. Boston Glob...
Published on May,15 2012 - by Forbes
The biggest drawback to drug-eluting stents has been the requirement for prolonged dual antiplatelet (DAPT) therapy following stent implantation to prevent stent thrombosis and other potential complications. The precise ...