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Web Exclusive: Reducing Readmissions: Are Quality Payments a Carrot or Stick?
Could proposed reductions in Medicare payments for unplanned readmissions be seen as a carrot or a stick for the...
Web Exclusive: CBO: Senate Reform Bill Would Extend Life of Medicare Part A Payments
If Congress enacts the Senate healthcare reform bill (HR 3590), the legislation could extend the life of the Medicare...
Web Exclusive: Medicare Payment Panel Likely to Remain in Final Reform Bill
While it may have dual names in the healthcare reform debate—such as the Independent Payment Advisory Board or...
Medicare cuts could hurt hospitals, expert warns
A Senate plan to cut Medicare to pay for an overhaul of the health system would threaten the profitability of roughly...
Senate Reform Bill Would Expand RAC Program
The Senate health reform bill would broaden the current RAC program to cover Medicare Part C and D as well as the...
Web Exclusive: Why the New Public Option is Better for Physicians
Physicians may have dodged a bullet with the House of Representatives' passage of healthcare reform legislation on...
Bill would halt reductions of Medicare payments to doctors
In an effort to reconcile a nearly $250-billion difference between the House and Senate approaches to overhauling...
Doctors fight penalty for heavy test use
Doctors are trying to remove a provision in the Senate's latest health bill that would cut Medicare payments to those...
Web Exclusive: Modified Baucus Bill Adds Value, Quality to Physician Payment Equation
Value over volume would come into play under a new Medicare physician payment system modification inserted into the...
Automatic cuts could help push past a health hurdle
President Obama's new call to impose automatic spending cuts if the healthcare overhaul adds "one dime" to...

Newsletter: Managed Care Contracting and Reimbursement Advisor
Managed Care Contracting & Reimbursement Advisor tells you exactly what you must know and do to successfully negotiate...
Book: Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers:
The Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide is a must-have resource for managed care directors and their staff. It...
Book: Beyond the Contract:
This hands-on survival guide will help you prepare for negotiating sessions by delivering techniques and strategies you...
Book: The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers
This book focuses on methods to forge a partnership between healthcare providers and managed care payers. It contains...
Book: Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers:
A guide to fundamental case management responsibilities, Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers serves as a training...
Video: Managing Length of Stay
This video with CD-ROM uses "right way" and "wrong way" scenarios to deliver helpful, practical...
Book: The Physician Queries Handbook:
The Physician Queries Handbook provides practical, tips and best practices for querying physicians on a concurrent or...