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Sebelius' fundraising for healthcare reform questioned
By Jonathan Block | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
GOP lawmakers are digging their teeth into the Obama administration's efforts to solicit help and donations for private groups working to enroll Americans in new coverage under the reform law.
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Healthcare industry asks feds for clearer guidance on fraud, fewer audits
By Joe Carlson | April 24, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
After reviewing 2,000 pages of public comments, Senate Finance Committee staffers say the healthcare industry wants clearer rules, fewer redundant audits and more focus on proactive fraud prevention.
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Tricare patients struggle to find private docs, GAO says
By Ashok Selvam | April 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Despite Tricare's ballooning costs, military personnel and their dependents not enrolled in the Pentagon's managed healthcare plan struggle to find private physicians, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
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Senators set to push for details on CMS Innovation Center
By Rich Daly | March 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Senators will get their first chance Wednesday to press for operational details from the head of a fledgling CMS office with the power to drive wide-scale changes in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Dems cite GAO report on Advantage overpayments
By Jessica Zigmond | March 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
House Democrats are using a new GAO report to bolster their argument that the Medicare program continues to overpay Medicare Advantage.
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Under the microscope | Intensity of scrutiny by ZPICs draws provider complaints, attention from feds
By Joe Carlson | February 22, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The popular notion in healthcare is that the most aggressive fraud hunters—known as “zone program integrity contractors,” or ZPICs—focus on small players. That idea is wrong.
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Better data needed on preventive health spending: GAO
By Paul Barr | January 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS and the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments could improve their reporting on estimated cost savings and cost-effectiveness of spending on preventive health activities, a GAO report says.
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Lag in docs' incentive pay may hurt quality aims, GAO says
By Joe Carlson | December 26, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CMS wants to financially reward doctors who provide high-value care, but a one-year time lag between improvements and payment adjustments might hurt its efforts.
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GAO report finds EHR digital divide
By Joseph Conn | December 14, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A report from a federal watchdog gives further evidence of a digital divide between large and urban hospitals on one side and small and rural facilities on the other.
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GAO: Standardizing prepayment audits could save millions
By Joe Carlson | December 10, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The GAO says the CMS could potentially save tens of millions of dollars a year by standardizing how Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians are audited before the bills are paid.
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