End-of-life care discussions between patients and doctors are getting major support from the public as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) weighs its proposal to include these talks as part of practitioner billing, a new poll revealed. About eight out of 10 Americans support Medicare and private insurance coverage for advance care discussions, […]
American Hospital Association
Of the various provisions outlined in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2015 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system, just one section regarding new audit procedures for home health agencies has garnered opposition from a national hospital trade group. Specifically, the American Hospital Association (AHA) strongly opposes CMS’s proposal to […]
The value of the U.S. market for remote patient monitoring more than doubled between 2007 and 2011, and is expected to continue growth through 2016 as efforts to reduce the burden on hospitals and their resources progress, a report by medical market research company, Kalorama, finds. The report titled Remote & Wireless Patient Monitoring Markets […]