Rx Medicare

Sen. Max Baucus’ health proposal includes achieving cost savings, in part, by reconfiguring the way doctors and hospitals are paid for their services, The Wall Street Journal reports. The goal is to pay health providers for the quality they achieve, rather than the volume of services they perform.

Read More…

Related Posts

• Last Chance To Change Medicare Health Plans
• Democrats’ Ideas To Expand Medicare Raise The Hackles Of Doctors, Hospitals, Insurers
• Iowa Hospital Pays Feds $4.5 Million For Overpaying Doctors With Medicare Money
• Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On Release Of Preliminary 2011 Payment Rates For Private Medicare Health And Drug Plans
• COBRA Expansion, Medicare Payments To Doctors ‘Fix’ Looming Over Congress
• AP Offers Advice On Choosing Medicare Advantage Plans
• Virginia AG Works To Increase Outpatient Treatment For Mentally Ill; Iowa Hospitals Oppose Medicare Fraud Bill
• Medicare Pays Almost Half Of Rural Hospital Stays
• HealthPlus Launches New Medicare Advantage Plans
• Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On The House Vote To Repeal Medicare Pay Cuts For Doctors
• Health Net Reminds Medicare Beneficiaries They Can Count On Health Affordability And Value With Company’s 2010 Medicare Advantage Health Plans
• Medicare Advantage Plans Are Largely Unpopular In Rural States
• CMS Proposes New Rules For Medicare Advantage And Prescription Drug Plans To Better Serve Beneficiaries
• Seniors Fret Cuts To Private Medicare Plans
• Eye Treatment Reimbursement Change Could Cost Medicare Millions

Tags: change, doctors, easing, hospitals, medicare, pays, plans

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at 1:09 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.