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More health insurers and employers are beginning to offer virtual physician visits via telehealth technology as a way to curb costs and improve access to care.
Private health insurers, the U.S. and British governments and researchers are developing in-home technologies that could cut billions of dollars in health care costs by keeping elderly individuals in their homes rather than in hospitals and nursing homes, Reuters reports.
CMS wants to get feedback on a list of 125 potential clinical quality measures for physicians and 49 potential measures for hospitals as part of its proposed rule for meaningful use stage 2. Ultimately, CMS will decide on just a subset of the suggested measures.
We share an implementation timeline on major provisions in the Accountable Care Act for the adoption, standards and use of health information technology.
The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched an innovation challenge designed to spur the use of simple, IT-enabled processes to make care transitions, especially hospital discharges, safer for patients and easier for caregivers.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed new rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health information technology (IT). They would ensure that labs covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provide such information, upon request, directly to patients or their personal representatives.
CMS released a final rule modifying the Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program. Eligible physicians who fail to meet the program’s e-prescribing requirements or obtain an exemption will be subject to a 1% payment penalty beginning in January.
CMS issued the Medicare Program: Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement Proposed Rule. The proposed rule implements the statutory requirement under the Affordable Care Act that requires the release of Medicare claims data under parts A, B and D to “qualified entities” for the purpose of performance measurement for providers and suppliers.Current Magazine
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Special Reports And Articles
Medicaid 2013 Governor's Report
Medicaid 2013 Governor's Report By State
MedPAC Report 2012
MedPAC, the Committee that reports to Congress's Home Care recommendations
Read the Report
Home Care Recommendations To Congress
Post-Acute Payment Reform Demonstration
The report describes the development and testing of a uniform patient assessment instrument (CARE: Continuity Assessments Record and Evaluation) mandated by the legislation, and reviews findings related to predicting patient-specific resource intensity across four post-acute care settings. Recommends future payment reform for post-acute settings.
Readmissions
A Nationwide Analysis Of 30-Day Readmits
( Nov/Dec 2011 Remington Report page 4)
Download Dartmouth Atlas Report (3.8 MB PDF)
Study: Home Care Following Hospitalization Cuts Cost
(Sept/Oct issue 2011 Remington Report page 4)
The use of home health care for chronically ill patients after they are discharged from the hospital can reduce Medicare spending and readmissions, according to released by Avalere Health LLC. The study found that home health care was association with a $2.81 billion reduction in Medicare Part A spending during a three-year period ending in 2009.Click here for study.
2012 OIG Work Plan
The Remington Report (November/December 2011) separated the OIG Work Plan 2012 into 2-parts. Part 1 looks at the OIG Plan for home care. Part 2 reviews the Plan with respect to how its scope intersects with home care and other providers across the health care delivery system.
Download the detailed 165-page 2012 OIG Work Plan Report (2.2 MB PDF)
Dual Eligibles
Will Medicare Become Responsible For Dual Eligibles?
COLLABORATIVE MODELS - Special Reports
Integrated Solutions To Patient Care
Sponsored by Hill-Rom
Health Care Reform: Supply Management Systems Alignment
Sponsored by Medline