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Top Democrats reject new plan to cut Medicare spending
Leading Congressional Democrats immediately recoiled Tuesday from a new proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicare...
AAMI: Meaningful use rewards early interoperability adopters
Evaluating hospital networks, data, drivers and device types should be completed before embarking on an...
MedPAC urges closer look at costs for MRIs, CT scans
A 17-member independent advisory group has urged Congress to get tough on doctors who order too many diagnostic...
Web Exclusive: $3.2B Lawsuit Targets Medicare Underpayments
A class action suit filed by seven California counties and physicians aims to force the Department of Health and Human...
Web Exclusive: As GOP Readies Attack on Healthcare Reforms, HHS Touts Benefits
The Affordable Care Act lowers prescription drug costs, extends the life of the Medicare trust by 12 years, and helps...
Analysis illustrates big gap between Medicare taxes and benefits
An updated financial analysis shows that the amount workers have paid does not come close to covering the full value...
Top spine surgeons reap royalties, medicare bounty
Norton Hospital in Louisville, Ky., may not be a household name nationally. But five senior spine surgeons have helped...
Web Exclusive: Slashing Medicare Reimbursements Curbs Treatment Overuse
Cuts in Medicare reimbursements for services that have mixed applications can reduce unnecessary use without reducing...
Web Exclusive: Medicare Advantage Enrollment to Rise, Premium Costs Dip
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans, which provide services to about a quarter of the nation's Medicare...
CMS: 2011 Medicare Prescription Premiums Stable
Based on bids that were submitted by plan sponsors, the average 2011 Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D...

Webcast: ADL Coding and the Impact on Your Facility's Reimbursement
Don’t let improper ADL coding put your facility at risk of significant revenue loss. Join HCPro on Tuesday, June 19, at...
Audio Conference: Facility vs. professional coding challenges
During this 90-minute audio conference, Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, and Peggy Blue, MPH, CPC, CCS-P, will explain...
Webcast: Maintain Financial Viability in 2013
Webcast: Enhance Marketability with an Improved Five-Star Rating
Since its implementation, the five star rating system for nursing homes has been challenging facilities to improve...
Book: MDS 3.0 RAI User's Manual
The best-selling MDS 3.0 RAI User's Manual includes CMS' most recent updates, effective October 1. Revisions have been...
Book: 2013 The Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guidelines: Version 5.0
No agency should be without a complete, up-to-date set of homecare rules, as published in The Home Health Conditions of...
Book: The Medicare Billing Manual for Long-Term Care
The Medicare Billing Manual for Long-Term Care provides easy-to-understand guidance to help long-term care facilities...
Book: Finance, Budgeting & Quantitative Analysis
Finance, Budgeting & Quantitative Analysis: A Primer for Nursing Home Administrators is a comprehensive guide designed...
Book: The Long-Term Care Legal Desk Reference, Second Edition
This best-selling book, now in it’s second edition provides explanations and instructions for virtually every legal...
Book: Quality Indicator Survey Manual
Reprint of the government’s official Quality Indicator Survey Manual helps you prepare for a QIS without having to...