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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
In written remarks delivered to a House subcommittee, the director of the Government Accountability Office criticized the CMS for not following past recommendations to stem the tide of fraud in healthcare. FULL STORY »
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments and HHS are all remiss in developing their ongoing evaluations processes for certain major information technology projects, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office. FULL STORY »
More than half of U.S. states and territories surveyed by the GAO reported it was a challenge to find enough dentists, specialists, primary-care doctors or other providers for Medicaid patients. FULL STORY »
The American Medical Group Association is urging federal policymakers not to "rush to judgment" after reading the findings of a Government Accountability Office report that suggested physicians who own expensive diagnostic imaging equipment are more likely to order expensive imaging tests for their... FULL STORY »
Congressional Democrats heralded a new GAO report as proof that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's discount prescription drug program is working as planned. FULL STORY »
Ground ambulance Medicare costs varied widely in 2010—from $224 to $2,204 per transport, with a median cost of $429, a Government Accountability Office report concluded. FULL STORY »
The Food and Drug Administration will begin looking at external security vulnerabilities of the software in medical equipment after inquiries from congressional investigators. FULL STORY »
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