Science news articles about 'medicare policy'

... . Chronic illnesses pose a significant expense to the Medicare program. The high expenditures generated by these beneficiaries ... offers two important insights to guide Medicare policy on coordination of chronic disease care ...

... change in Medicare reimbursement policy could make it more difficult for African Americans with kidney disease to access ... (University of Minnesota). Under the new policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will make ...

... should examine whether or not these plans are the best use of Medicare dollars for the beneficiaries they were designed to serve." The Congressional ... to private plans could be used for other purposes, such as offsetting the costs of Medicare policy improvements—including reducing the Part ...

... physician fees under current Medicare policy tend to distort physician practice patterns ... less effective and overused. "Medicare's current fee change policy has probably contributed to distorting ...

... . To drive swift educational reform, new Medicare policy could link a significant portion of the teaching ... , a fellow at the Urban Institute. "Another policy option is to extend Medicare graduate medical education ...

... policies could be contributing to the volume of these very long stays. "We undertook this study to inform efforts in Medicare ... for residents and their families. The authors acknowledge the benefits that Medicare hospice provides to these residents and families, while ...

... Medicine, also recently studied the implementation of new Medicare policies to encourage hospitals to prevent CAUTI ... when patients develop these complications. This work revealed that the Medicare policy's requirements for documentation of hospital-acquired ...

... Medicare policy changes led to reductions in reimbursement for hormonal treatment of prostate cancer, there was a sharp ... , with more than $1 billion in Medicare expenditures. The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 changed policies for reimbursement ...

... , according to the study. White believes this is the first study to use Medicare claims data to examine the impact of the change in Medicare policy on disparities in guideline-specific colorectal ...