Thomas Scully is Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. According to whitehouse.gov: Tom Scully was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of American Hospitals. He served as...
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Thomas Scully is Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. According to whitehouse.gov: Tom Scully was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of American Hospitals. He served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1992 to 1993 and as Associate Director of the OMB for Human Resources, Veterans and Labor from 1989 to 1992. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and received his J.D. from Catholic University.
Recently the United States House of Representatives introduced HR 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. There are a number of things that disturb me about this bill but the one thing that causes the most concern is that it calls for a STAGGERING $44.9 billion in cuts to Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities such as The Tillers! By the way, this is in addition to the $16 billion in regulatory cuts already imposed by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) effective August 1, 2009. As an owner and administrator of a skilled nursing facilities with 37 years of experience, ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare insurance program must make widespread changes to reduce costs and shore up payments in order to sustain the program, which covers roughly 44 million elderly and disabled Americans, a U.S. advisory panel said Friday. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPac, recommended significant cuts to home healthcare companies, reducing payments by 5.5 percent in 2010. It also called for reining in high reimbursement rates for expensive medical imaging services and reforming payments for end-of-life hospice care, among other measures. Such cost control measures are necessary to help maintain the Medicare program amid rising federal budget shortfalls and an ...
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Health News | Posted by ffnstuff 4 hours ago ( http://www.medicalnewstoday.com ) View profile Made current 19 minutes ago The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is taking several actions to improve the quality of care in hospitals and reduce the number of "never events" -- preventable medical errors that result in serious consequences for the patient. Share This Tell a friend Discard Add to: | Bookmarks
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On October 6, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a Press Release that it is undertaking aggressive new steps to find and prevent Medicare waste, fraud and abuse. Among other activities, CMS reports that it will take additional steps to fight fraud and abuse in home health agencies (HHAs) in Florida and suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) in Florida, California, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina and New York. According to the Press Release , such additional steps will include: Conducting more stringent reviews of new DMEPOS suppliers' applications including background checks to ensure that ...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted a Fact Sheet on the CMS website clarifying which eligible professionals and other persons will be exempt from the accreditation deadline for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) based on language in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). As reflected the Fact Sheet , Subparagraph (F) of the MIPPA's Section 154(b) states that eligible professionals are be exempt from meeting the September 30, 2009 accreditation deadline unless CMS determines that the quality standards are specifically designed to apply to such professionals. Pursuant to that authority, ...
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As part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly revised and improved its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) error rates in 2009, reflecting a more complete accounting of Medicare's improper payments than in past years.
Lewis Morris talked about the cost of Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health-related agency fraud and abuse. Other topics included the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and how citizens can report suspected fraud and abuse.
Length: 44 min.Published: Today at 8:16am (ET)
The House-approved healthcare overhaul would raise the costs of healthcare by $289 billion over the next 10 years, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan, independent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The long-awaited report sent to lawmakers late Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services should serve as a "stark warning to every Republican, Democrat and Independent worried about the future of this nation," Ways...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HHS: WHO: Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) WHAT: HHS Secretary Sebelius will provide opening remarks at the National Children’s Health Insurance Summit in Chicago, hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The summit kicks off a national initiative to find and enroll uninsured children in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program...
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