Posts Tagged ‘serve’
CMS Proposes New Rules For Medicare Advantage And Prescription Drug Plans To Better Serve Beneficiaries
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule to improve performance of prescription drug and health plans by strengthening standards to participate in the Medicare program. Over the next 60 days, CMS will receive comments on the proposed revisions to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and Prescription Drug benefit program (Part D).
Protein Level May Serve As Predictor Of Severe Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, is the most common joint disorder throughout the world and a leading cause of disability. Unlike most other common diseases, little is known about its origins, and factors predicting a severe disease course have not been identified. A new study, the first to establish a laboratory marker for the risk of severe OA, found that vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, was a strong predictor of hip and knee joint replacement due to severe OA.
Medicare Could Serve As Test For Reducing Health Care System Waste, Experts Say At Senate Finance Committee Roundtablex
At a Senate Finance Committee roundtable meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers and health care experts said health reform must change payment and delivery systems to reward providers for better quality of care and reduce wasteful spending, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.



