GOP chairman in talks with Trump officials on restarting key ObamaCare payments

GOP chairman in talks with Trump officials on restarting key ObamaCare payments - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Monday that he is in talks with the Trump administration about ways to restart key ObamaCare payments that the administration abruptly suspended this month.

Hospitals Challenge Medicare Payments, With Help From Judge Kavanaugh

Hospitals Challenge Medicare Payments, With Help From Judge Kavanaugh - A federal appeals court has cleared the way for hospitals around the country to seek more money from Medicare, based on evidence that the government has been using faulty data to calculate costs for decades.

Ready or not, the bundled-payment challenge is about to start

Ready or not, the bundled-payment challenge is about to start-mordernhealthcare: The average total cost to replace worn hips or knees in Tuscaloosa, Ala., can top $31,780—one of the highest prices across dozens of U.S. metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles and Seattle, where just about everything else costs more.  Starting April 1, the clock starts ticking for Tuscaloosa's hospitals to lower their price for new hips and knees or lose money.

White House Takes Aim At Medicare And Medicaid Billing Errors

White House Takes Aim At Medicare And Medicaid Billing Errors-npr:White House budget director Shaun Donovan called for a "more aggressive strategy" to thwart improper government payments to doctors, hospitals and insurance companies in a previously undisclosed letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell earlier this year.

SGR Replacement Bill Resurfaces In Congress

SGR Replacement Bill Resurfaces In Congress-thegraysheet: Lawmakers are taking another shot at permanently reforming the Medicare physician payment system. The plan so far does not contain any major provisions targeting device payments, but it is a work in progress.

Another hearing, same issues on paying for SGR repeal

Another hearing, same issues on paying for SGR repeal-politicopro: Congress is just two months away from yet another “doc fix” patch expiring, and the fast-approaching date is prompting a new round of conversations on permanently replacing the Medicare payment formula. The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee held a two-day hearing this week on the policy to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate — which already has the general support of the House and Senate committees that oversee health care — and the thornier question of how to pay for it. Despite the hearing coming well before the March 31 deadline, lawmakers appear no closer to coming to agreement on the payment question.