The Politics of Health Care : June 2011

Workplace Health Programs Get $10 Million June 24, 2011 4:01 PM by Linda Jones: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today the availability of $10 million to establish and evaluate comprehensive workplace health promotion programs across the nation to improve the health of American workers and their families. Read More...
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Sign Up for Free ACO Learning Sessions June 17, 2011 9:47 AM by Linda Jones: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is offering free Accelerated Development Learning Sessions (ADLS) for providers interested in learning more about how to coordinate patient care through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Four ACO Accelerated Read More...
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New Initiative Will Improve Care Coordination for Medicare Patients June 10, 2011 1:20 PM by Linda Jones: This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice (FQHC APCP) demonstration project, a new Affordable Care Act initiative that will pay an estimated $42 million over Read More...
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New CMS Rule to Reduce Payments for Preventable HACs June 3, 2011 12:55 PM by Linda Jones: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued a final Affordable Care Act rule that will reduce or prohibit payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers for services that result from certain preventable healthcare Read More...
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