Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - February 2, 2011
As the health care sector awaits guidance from CMS on the accountable care organization program called for under the health reform law, policy groups within The Brookings Institution and Dartmouth Medical School have created a toolkit to help people get started.
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Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - July 5, 2010
CMS plans to cut reimbursement an average 32% next year for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) sold in nine markets, the agency announced July 1.
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Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - July 13, 2009
The number of procedures performed in freestanding ambulatory surgical centers rather than general hospitals could rise next year under a July 1 CMS outpatient payment proposal. Find out more...
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Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - October 6, 2008
Find out why a private insurer is calling for CMS to issue a national non-coverage decision for proton therapy in treating prostate cancer.
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Full brief reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - August 18, 2008
Find out about CMS' newly proposed regulation to adopt ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes that would replace 30-year-old ICD-9, used by health care providers, payers and other stakeholders for billing, tracking and other purposes.
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Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - June 23, 2008
Find out why endocrinologists are cautioning CMS against making any immediate policy changes on how Medicare covers bariatric surgery to treat diabetes.
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Full brief reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - June 16, 2008
Find out why CMS is considering a request from the Society for Vascular Surgery that the agency use national society registries to collect data on carotid stenting.
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