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Improving Bundled Payments in the Medicare Program
John Romley and Paul Ginsburg look at three ways to improve the effectiveness of bundled payment systems.
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A Proposal to Enhance Competition and Reform Bidding in the Medicare Advantage Program
Schaeffer Initiative researchers propose two key changes to the MA bidding process to lower prices and enhance choice for consumers.
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Comments on CMS’s Proposed Rule, “Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations–Pathways to Success”
Schaeffer fellow Matthew Fiedler submitted a comment letter to Centers the for Medicare and Medicaid Services on proposed rule changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Some proposals may result in cost-savings and greater efficiencies, Fiedler recommends additional analysis in a number of areas.
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Inpatient Medicaid Usage and Expenditure Patterns After Changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Levels
Changes in SNAP benefit levels were associated with changes in inpatient Medicaid usage and cost patterns.
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Do Price Spikes on Some Generic Drugs Indicate Problems in the Generics Market?
Despite the overall success of the generic drug market, sudden price hikes are becoming more common according to new Schaeffer Center study
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A Conversation with Seema Verma
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy will host Seema Verma, the Administrator of CMS, for a discussion about Medicare Part D and what can be done to improve the program.
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CMS’ Positive Step on Site-Neutral Payments and the Case for Going Further
The authors argue that site-neutral payment under the CMS proposed rule should ultimately be applied to a much broader set of clinical services.
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Does Spending More Get More? Health Care Delivery and Fiscal Implications From a Medicare Fee Bump
Chen and her colleagues assess the effects of a Medicare temporary 10 percent fee bump for primary care visits on service volume, physician labor supply, and quality of care in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
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Medicare’s ‘Catastrophic Insurance’ Can Be a Catastrophe for Middle-Income Seniors
Even with Medicare’s catastrophic insurance, middle-income seniors can be on the hook for thousands of dollars for their medications each year, write Erin Trish and Geoffrey Joyce in STAT.
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Can MIPS Be Salvaged?
The goal of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS, was to encourage clinicians to deliver more efficient, higher-quality care, but many observers have raised concerns that MIPS will fail.