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In 2006 the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (TRHCA) included a provision for a 1.5% incentive payment to eligible providers who successfully submitted quality data to CMS. This provision included a cap on payments. The 2007 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act extended the program through 2008 and 2009. It also removed the TRHCA payment cap.
HCFA was renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 1, 2001. [9] [11] In 2013, a report by the inspector general found that CMS had paid $23 million in benefits to deceased beneficiaries in 2011. [12] In April 2014, CMS released raw claims data from 2012 that gave a look into what types of doctors billed Medicare the most. [13]
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Topping the complaint list were cell-phone companies, with 38,420 complaints, up 41% over 2010. After that, the list includes (in order of number of gripes): new-car dealers
They focus on aspects of healthcare quality that patients find important and are well-equipped to assess, such as the communication skills of providers and ease of access to healthcare services. [2] To customize a standardized CAHPS survey, users can add questions on a variety of topics.
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President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, in the East Room before a select audience of nearly 300 people. He stated that the health reform effort, designed after a long and acrimonious debate facing fierce opposition in the Congress to expand health insurance coverage, was based on "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security ...
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