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Chris Fleming
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On Tuesday, June 5, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to discuss its June 2012 issue, “Focus On The Care Span For The Elderly And Disabled.” The volume explores a wide range of topics — from avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, to coordination of care for dual eligibles, to reforming Medicare payment for skilled nursing... Read the rest of this entry »
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Chris Fleming
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To calculate physicians’ fees under Medicare—which in turn influence private payers’ decisions on how they will pay doctors—the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relies on the recommendations of a controversial advisory panel known as the RUC (the Relative Value Update Committee), which mainly represents a broad group of national physicians’ organizations. In recent... Read the rest of this entry »
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David Stapleton
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The federal government is spending a lot to support working-age people with disabilities. Federal outlays in fiscal year 2008 for this population totaled $357 billion – representing 12 percent of all federal spending. By way of comparison, the federal government spent $616 billion for national defense in the same year. States spent another $71 billion on federal-state... Read the rest of this entry »
