Tag: Medicare

Preventable Readmissions and a Recent OIG Advisory Opinion

Medicare's excess readmission penalty policy (up to a 1% ding in I…

David Harlow

Medicare? I’m Sorry, the Doctor Won’t See You Now

Although I’m still working and not yet at an age when Medicare…

Bill Crounse

Where the Medicare Dollars Go

Medicare reform thus far has been focused on $79 office visits, co-payments…

Bob Hertz

Medicare Is Not Free

(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board…

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A “Grand Bargain” To Improve Quality and Decrease Medicare Costs

(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board…

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Preventable Readmissions: A Prime Target for Healthcare Innovation

Rates of re-hospitalizations for elderly Medicare beneficiaries are a source of crisis…

eCaring

Statistics on Medicare Re-Hospitalizations and Readmissions Penalties

Did you that nearly one out of every five Medicare patients returns…

eCaring

Controlling Medicare Costs By Asking the Correct Question

(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board…

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Republicans’ Proposals for Medicare

(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board…

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