Comments on: Holy Benchmarks, Batman! A Real Policy Debate Breaks Out http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/14/holy-benchmarks-batman-a-real-policy-debate-breaks-out/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 By: HealthBlawg http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/14/holy-benchmarks-batman-a-real-policy-debate-breaks-out/comment-page-1/#comment-21993 HealthBlawg Wed, 28 May 2008 15:27:36 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/14/holy-benchmarks-batman-a-real-policy-debate-breaks-out/#comment-21993 <strong>CMS contractors seek to bring evidence-based medicine to diagnostic imaging</strong> In last week's mail bag:L&M Policy Research, LLC, and its partners, the National Imaging Associates and the Lewin Group, have been contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop imaging efficiency measures. In preparation for ad... CMS contractors seek to bring evidence-based medicine to diagnostic imaging

In last week’s mail bag:L&M Policy Research, LLC, and its partners, the National Imaging Associates and the Lewin Group, have been contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop imaging efficiency measures. In preparation for ad…

]]> By: Farmanux News http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/14/holy-benchmarks-batman-a-real-policy-debate-breaks-out/comment-page-1/#comment-17161 Farmanux News Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:00:25 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/14/holy-benchmarks-batman-a-real-policy-debate-breaks-out/#comment-17161 [...] Like a recurring illness, stalemate looms again over the prospects for settling the issue of payment levels to private plans in Medicare, which now exceed the average per beneficiary cost of traditional fee-for-service Medicare by 13 percent, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. MedPAC recommends eliminating the differential, which funds extra benefits for private-plan […] Read more [...] [...] Like a recurring illness, stalemate looms again over the prospects for settling the issue of payment levels to private plans in Medicare, which now exceed the average per beneficiary cost of traditional fee-for-service Medicare by 13 percent, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. MedPAC recommends eliminating the differential, which funds extra benefits for private-plan […] Read more [...]

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