Sunday, October 30, 2011

Lower Medicare Premiums- Good or Bad?

Interesting article. Although premiums are lower than predicted the Congressional Committee are considering new co-payments for home health care and lab services and decrease future cost of living adjustments. Given that Part B  deductible are lower, Part A deductible will increase. The article also explained that eventually 25% of Medicare Beneficiaries will pay higher premiums based on income level. I agree that the future proposals will outweigh what seemed to be a good thing for now.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Welcome to CMSA Website from CMSALI Web Committee Member, Alma
Welcome to all our CMSA members. This newly improved website is for all of our members and potential members out there. We would like to hear from you often. Please give us you opinions,suggestions,comments regarding our newly improved website. We welcome you to post your thoughts, questions or ideas. Hope to hear from you.


Patient Satisfaction tied into Medicare Reimbursement
According to CMS, Medicare will start paying hospitals that scores high on their patient satisfactions surveys. What does everyone think about the CMS value based purchasing proposal that is due to begin in 2012?