Print

 

Conrad

     Reconciliation May Require Obama to Sign Senate Bill
HombreWire -- News, Blogs, Journals

Surveillance Ticker

  National Quality Forum Sets Sessions on Cardiovascular Outcomes, Patient Safety Data . . . (in: Quality & Pay-for-Performance)
  State Medicaid Directors Warn CMS About Annuity "Schemes" That Improperly Shield Assets . . . (in: Medicaid, CHIP, & Low-Income Assistance)
  President Announces Greater Use of Payment Recapture Audits to Address Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, Other Programs . . . (in: Hospital Services)
  NIH Announces ARRA-Supported Funding for Project on Impact of Decision-Support Systems on the Dissemination and Adoption of Imaging-Related Comparative Effectiveness Findings . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Medicare Contractors -- 7 Newly Effective LCDs, as Well as New and Revised Coverage Article (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Private Insurers -- Updates on Prior Authorization, Medical Necessity (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Private Insurers -- Updated Listing of Non-Covered Services and Services Subject to Prior Authorization (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Updated: AHRQ Releases "Disposition of Comments" Document on Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for 4 Treatment Areas . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  AHRQ Federal Register Posting Allows Additional Comment Period on Quality Indicators Improvement Toolkit . . . (in: Quality & Pay-for-Performance)
  NICE Releases Draft Guidance on Ablative Therapy for Barrett’s Oesophagus . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  AHRQ Posts Updated Listing of Agency's Responses to Congress, Others for Data and Information . . . (in: Quality & Pay-for-Performance)
  Current Resources: Data, Studies, Materials . . . (in: Data, Studies, & Resources)
  Current HombreWire: News, Blogs, Journals . . . (in: Health Care & Entitlement Reform)
  Federation of American Hospitals Files Comments on EHR "Meaningful Use" and Standards Rules . . . (in: Health Information Technology)
  Medicare Contractors -- Updated Diagnosis Codes for Certain Imaging Services (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Codes & Coding)
  House Energy and Commerce Committee's "Views and Estimates" Letter on President's 2011 Budget Addresses Medicare, Medicaid, Other Health Issues . . .
  Contesting Insurer's Claim that Provider Consolidation Drives Premium Increases, AHA Letter Cites "Skyrocketing Costs for New Technologies and Pharmaceuticals" . . . (in: Drugs & Devices)
  National Quality Forum Sets March 11 Session of Expert Panel on Clinical Decision Support . . . (in: Quality & Pay-for-Performance)
  Updated: CMS Terminates Insurer's Medicare Part D Participation . . . (in: PDPs & MA Plans)
  CMS Proposed Decision Memo Calls for Merging NCD for MRA into NCD for MRI . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  AHRQ Posts Draft Research Protocol on Review of Effectiveness of Certain Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Medicare Contractors -- Draft LCDs (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Private Insurers -- 4 Revised Coverage Policies (Subscription Content) . . . (in: Coverage & Evidence)
  Baucus, Grassley Request GAO Review of Care Safety and Quality in Long-Term Care Hospitals . . . (in: Hospital Services)
  Current Resources: Data, Studies, Reports . . . (in: Data, Studies, & Resources)