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ACR Hails ROOT Act Inclusion in House Medicare Reform Bill
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (302+ words) WASHINGTON, July 15, 2026 — The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) today praised the inclusion of the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act in the Patients First Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House to update Medicare healthcare provider payments. The…...
ACP Calls for Reform of the Medicare Advantage Program to Protect Patient Health | Newswise
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (579+ words) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should reform Medicare Advantage to protect patient health and realign the plan option with its original purpose, says the American College of Physicians (ACP). ACP Calls for Reform of the Medicare Advantage…...
CMS MIPS Quality Measures are “Topped Out” when Over 90% of Eligible Physicians Have Never Reported their Performance | Newswise
3+ mon, 19+ hour ago (682+ words) New research from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that most Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality measures designated as "topped out" by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were reported by only a small fraction of eligible…...
Uptake of new Medicare G2211 code slower than projected by CMS | Newswise
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (291+ words) A retrospective study of outpatient visits found that use of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) G2211 add-on code has grown steadily since inception in 2024 but remains well below federal expectations. Uptake of new Medicare G2211 code slower than projected by…...
New Survey Finds Medicare Policy Changes Threaten Access to Cancer Care Nationwide
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (773+ words) The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with roughly 10,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other health care professionals who specialize in treating patients with radiation…...
Insurance Type and Medicaid Eligibility Linked to Gaps in Post-Stroke Care Quality
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (301+ words) University of Utah Health is the state’s only academic health care system, providing leading-edge and compassionate care for a referral area that encompasses 10 percent of the US, including Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and much of Nevada. A hub for health sciences…...
Missing Medicare Data Alters Hospital Penalties, Study Finds | Newswise
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (845+ words) Newswise — For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have higher-than-expected rates of readmissions for people with certain conditions. The Hospital…...
How to Improve Post-Acute Care after Patient Hospitalization | Newswise
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) Study first author, James Deardorff, MD, a geriatrician and UCSF assistant professor of Geriatrics Additionally, insurance coverage determinations greatly influence discharge options. Many healthcare payers — including Medicare Advantage (MA), Medicaid managed care, and commercial insurance — manage PAC selection through prior…...
5 Things Everyone with Medicare Should Do Right Now | Newswise
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1813+ words) Newswise — Right now, 68 million Americans have a deadline coming up: the deadline to decide their Medicare health coverage for next year if they’re over age 65 or have major disabilities. They must make those decisions by December 7, for coverage beginning January…...
FAU Historian Traces the Transformation of U.S. Nursing Homes into Big Business | Newswise
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) Newswise — In postwar America, as suburbs spread and federal social welfare programs expanded, one underexamined building type quietly became a fixture of the American health care landscape: the nursing home. Granger’s research centers on the Americana Corporation, a for-profit eldercare chain…...