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A Comprehensive Strategy for Primary Care Payment Reform in Medicare
The CPC+ACO model should be evaluated now as a possible path for smaller, independent physician practices.
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Physician Payment in Medicare is Changing: Three Highlights in the MACRA Proposed Rule That Providers Need to Know
The newly released proposed rule provides answers  regarding the specifics of implementation of MIPS and the APM incentives.
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House Calls: California Program for Homebound Patients Reduces Monthly Spending, Delivers Meaningful Care
A Los Angeles program that makes house calls to older patients shows promise as a national model for other health care companies to save money.
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House Calls Program for Ailing Seniors Saves Healthcare Dollars, Study Finds
The program became more efficient as it reduced health care spending and hospitalization rates over the course of a few years.
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The Baby Boomers Will Shift the Health Status of the Medicare Population
Predicted changes in health status of beneficiaries, coupled with increased life expectancy and a larger population aged 65 and older set the stage for significant changes to the overall Medicare program.
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Medicare Seniors Will Live Longer But Sicker, Study Finds
Researchers analyze concerns, trends and policy considerations critical for the sustainability of Medicare in a series of studies.
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NBER Working Paper: Prescription Drug Advertising and Drug Utilization – The Role of Medicare Part D
This study examined how direct-to-consumer advertising influences drug utilization along the extensive and intensive margins by exploiting a large and plausibly exogenous shock to DTCA driven by the introduction of Medicare Part D in 2006.
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Health and Health Care of Medicare Beneficiaries in 2030
The 2030 Medicare recipient will likely be a woman, disabled, and suffering from either one or a combination of chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.
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Challenges for Medicare at 50
In this article, the authors note that Medicare is in a position to lead the health system toward more efficient delivery of care, and to meet this challenge CMS needs to step up the vigor of its pursuit of payment reform in the traditional Medicare program and competition in Medicare Advantage.
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Revamping Provider Payment in Medicare
This study considers proposals to reform the way that Medicare pays providers for services.
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