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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
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Definition of 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)'A component of the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee and direct the Medicare and Medicaid programs and related Federal medical care quality control staffs. Name was changed effective June 14, 2001. Common names: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.); United States Health Care Financing Administration; HCFA; Health Care Financing Administration (U.S.); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Health Care Financing Administration; United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed to eliminate payments for the Inpatient and Outpatient Consultation codes beginning on 1 January 2010. The intent appears to be to promote an increase in the supply of primary ... Read more...
MMSEA section 111: do you know if it applies to your organization?
30 Aug 2009 Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 requires certain self-insured hospitals to report to CMS when the hospital makes a payment for a claim brought by a Medicare beneficiary and/or has ongoing responsibility for a ... Read more...
17 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: During the last 2 decades, health care professional, consumer, and payer organizations have sought to improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, little has been reported about improvements in ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Devaluing a specialty: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal to eliminate consultation codes. 29 Sep 2009
- CMS's landmark decision on CT colonography.
22 Sep 2009 - IPPS update eliminates proposed reimbursement cuts. 13 Sep 2009
- Uncompensated unrest. AHA, HFMA oppose CMS' plan on reporting. 5 Sep 2009
- Financial disincentives for nonperformance in obstetrics. 30 Aug 2009
- Is CMS's requirement for age-specific clinical evidence before considering coverage for CT colonography reasonable and necessary? 30 Aug 2009
- Revised federal guidance for nursing facility medical directors. 30 Aug 2009
- Understanding HACs and SREs for quality reporting and reimbursement. 30 Aug 2009
- CMS's 2009 security assessment process. 30 Aug 2009
- MMSEA section 111: do you know if it applies to your organization? 30 Aug 2009
- FAH: Ignore quality targets. Letter to CMS, ONC addresses funds for EHRs. 29 Aug 2009
- Demo derby. CMS quality initiatives find support... if pay's OK. 22 Aug 2009
- Reform, regulation, and research--an interview with Gail Wilensky. Interview by John K. Iglehart. 17 Aug 2009
- Heart failure performance measures and outcomes: real or illusory gains. 17 Aug 2009
- Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. 17 Aug 2009
- An $18 billion problem. Nursing-care providers bemoan payment change. 8 Aug 2009
- All good quality intentions... don't always do good, CMS measure suggests. 8 Aug 2009
- Carotid revascularization using endarterectomy or stenting systems (CaRESS): 4-year outcomes. 30 Jul 2009
- New rules for mobile diagnostic test providers. 30 Jul 2009
- Applying the teaching physician guidelines. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)'
Definition: A component of the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee and direct the Medicare and Medicaid programs and related Federal medical care quality control staffs. Name was changed effective June 14, 2001.
Descriptor UI: D014487
Alternative terms: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.); United States Health Care Financing Administration; HCFA; Health Care Financing Administration (U.S.); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Health Care Financing Administration; United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: I01.409.137.500.600.310; N03.540.348.500.500.600.310;
History Note: 2002(1982)
Technical Notes: add UNITED STATES (NIM); research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; DF: HCFA CATALOG: use NAF entry