Category Archives: Reimbursement
Webinar Announcement: Case-by-Case Approval: Improving the Communication of Key Evidence to Secure Coverage
Written on September 13, 2012 at 11:52 pm, by Elizabeth Baldacchino
MCRA’s Health Economics, Reimbursement & Public Policy division will be presenting an Elsevier Business Intelligence Webinar entitled “Case-by-Case Approval: Improving the Communication of Key Evidence to Secure Coverage” on September 27, 2012. Please click here for additional details and registration information for this upcoming webinar. Webinar Summary: As health plans place more and more roadblocks for coverageContinue Reading
Part One of MCRA’s White Paper Series on the Coverage Environment for Lumbar Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease is Now Available
Written on June 20, 2012 at 11:23 am, by Elizabeth Baldacchino
MCRA’s Reimbursement and Regulatory departments are pleased to announce the recent publication of part one of a two-part series that critically analyzes the coverage environment for lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease. In this collaborative publication, Review and Analysis of CMS’ 2006 MEDCAC Panel on Lumbar Fusion for Treatment of DDD, MCRA analysts focus onContinue Reading
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: An Effort to Lower Cost and Reduce Waste
Written on June 1, 2012 at 9:24 am, by MCRA
By Blair Burnett The main topic of discussion at a recent American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) conference held in Washington, DC focused on initiatives to reduce overall costs to the healthcare system, and how the pending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will further this goal of lowering the cost impact, while providing optimalContinue Reading
CMS Issues FY 2013 Proposed Rule: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Written on May 25, 2012 at 9:30 am, by Daria Harlin, J.D.
Late last week, the 2013 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule appeared in the May 11, 2012 edition of the Federal Register. This Proposed Rule intends to revise and update the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system for acute care hospitals and for inpatient services provided by long-term care hospitals for fiscal year 2013.Continue Reading
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