The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is planning on ending four payment models by the end of the year in a bid to achieve a projected $750 million in savings, though the agency did not say where the savings would take place.
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CMS cutting four Medicare payment models
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is planning on ending four payment models by the end of the year in a bid to achieve a projected $750 million in savings, though the agency did not say where the savings would take place.
Seema Verma is ‘excited about progress’ of Oracle’s EHR modernization at VA
LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
Seema Verma is ‘excited about progress’ of Oracle’s EHR modernization at VA
LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
In Trump’s Team, Supplement Fans Find Kindred Spirits in Search of Better Health
President Donald Trump’s health team has deep financial ties to the supplements industry. Now they’re poised to boost its growth and remake the government’s approach to health.
Curbing Medicaid expansion could cause $80 billion hit to providers
Cutting Medicaid funding and halting the program’s expansion would result in providers revenues decreasing by about $80 billion, and uncompensated care on behalf of uninsured people would increase by $18.9 billion in 2026 due to declines in health insu…
Physicians ‘outraged’ that spending bill fails to avert pay cut
Physicians are again shortchanged in a spending bill proposal to avert a government shutdown by the end of this week.
The continuing resolution that passed the House on Tuesday, and which now moves on to the Senate, contains no provision to stop the 2….
Teladoc partnering with Eli Lilly on self-pay GLP-1 access
Teladoc Health has entered into a pharmacy integration agreement with Eli Lilly’s LillyDirect pharmacy partner, Gifthealth, which is intended to help streamline access to Zepbound medication for members enrolled in the Comprehensive Weight Care Program…
Sent Home To Heal, Patients Avoid Wait for Rehab Home Beds
Many patients ready to leave the hospital end up lingering for days or weeks — occupying beds that others need and driving up costs — because of a lack of open spots at nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. A few health systems are addressing this problem by moving post-acute rehab into the home.
Some CT Scans Deliver Too Much Radiation, Researchers Say. Regulators Want To Know More.
Unnecessarily high radiation doses in scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that patients receive.
