Marilyn Tavenner news and information

Taken together, the ACA delivery system reforms have significantly shifted the national discussion among healthcare leaders. They are now universally focused on improving quality while lowering costs.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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The CMS has issued its final Medicare 2014 payment rule for inpatient stays at acute-care hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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Two months before open enrollment begins on the state insurance exchanges, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner downplayed concerns from GOP lawmakers that the 2010 healthcare law will hurt jobs and expressed confidence that the employer mandate delay won't affect the law's implementation.
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HHS' office of the inspector general is urging the CMS to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to skilled-nursing care after leaving the hospital, regardless of how their stay is coded.
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For the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities from enrolling in the tax-payer funded programs for the poor as part of an effort to prevent scams.
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The Obama administration is conducting targeted audits of hospitals to find possible upcoding of medical services related to use of electronic health records.
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The U.S. Senate's HHS appropriations bill that started to advance this week is likely headed for a series of partisan political battles, including a fight over funding for state insurance exchanges.
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CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on Tuesday issued what she called a “reality check” in the form of a blog post titled “Myth vs. Fact: Health Insurance Marketplace on Track.”
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