HHS sets clear goals and timeline for shifting Medicare reimbursements from volume to value

In a meeting with nearly two dozen leaders representing consumers, insurers, providers, and business leaders, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced measurable goals and a timeline to move the Medicare program, and the health care system at large, toward paying providers based on the quality, rather…

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Miller Health Law on the Medicare Care Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

On December 8, 2003, President Bush signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”). The centerpiece of the Act, which has been characterized as the most significant reform of the Medicare program since its creation, is greatly expanded Medicare prescription drug coverage under…

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