The Stead Health Group, Inc. - MedPac Considers Hospital Cuts

WELCOME TO THE STEAD HEALTH GROUP
The Stead Health Group has expertise in Health Care Communication Transformations, Operations Improvement, Strategic Planning and Positioning, Financial Analysis and Turnaround, Program and Service Line Development, Facility Planning and Development. We apply strategy, customized to each client, resulting in tangible, bottom-line financial improvements.

Newsflash

Legislatures in 38 states introduced 121 bills aimed at promoting healthcare information technology in 2005 and 2006, including 36 bills in 24 states that passed and were signed into law, according to a report released by the eHealth Initiative, a consortium of health plans, healthcare IT vendors, providers, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, medical-device makers and other healthcare organizations promoting IT use in healthcare.

Latest News
PQRI Information at PQRI.info ASP Payment decreased Part B Costs by $800M CMS extends Medicare participation decision date Physician's Medicare Payments Will Decrease MedPac Considers Hospital Cuts

Popular
About Us Stead Health Group Services CMS Price Data of ASC Irrelevant 2007 OIG Work plan Physician's Medicare Payments Will Decrease

MedPac Considers Hospital Cuts

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) yesterday discussed reducing the hospital update in 2008.
MedPAC observed that the prospective payment systems currently fail to adequately reimburse for clinical and health information technology. Medicare only reimburses 92 cents on the dollar for beneficiary costs and that nearly two-thirds of hospitals treating Medicare patients are losing money.

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]