CDHA CAAR » Medicare http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo Current Awareness in Aging Research Thu, 02 May 2013 21:46:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Article – April 22, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4946 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4946#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:38:41 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4946 “Medicare Part D Roulette: Potential Implications of Random Assignment and Plan Restrictions,” by Rajul A. Patel, Mark P. Walberg, Joseph A. Woelfel, Michelle M. Amaral, and Paresh Varu (Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013, .pdf format, 14p.).

www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Research/MMRR/MMRR-Published-Articles-Items/MMRR2013_003_02_a01.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4946 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing Testimony – April 18, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4928 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4928#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:08:02 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4928 “Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Entitlement Reform Proposals,” a hearing held April 18, 2013 (witness statements are available in .pdf format).

waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=328603

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4928 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – April 16, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4895 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4895#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:13:22 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4895 “Impact on Medicare Program for Investment Income That Medicare Part D Plans Earned and Retained From Medicare Funds in 2009,” (A-07-11-05017, April 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/71105017.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4895 0 CAAR – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/American Enterprise Institute Reports – April 16, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4891 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4891#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:11:30 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4891 A. “Preserving Medicare for Future Generations: Market-Based Approaches to Reform,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 5p.).

B. “The Role of Medicare Fee-for-Service in Inefficient Health Care Delivery,” by James C. Capretta (April 2013, .pdf format, 14p.).

C. “A Competitive Bidding Approach to Medicare Reform,” by Roger Feldman, Bryan Dowd, and Robert Coulam (April 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).

D. “Plan Competition and Consumer Choice in Medicare: The Case for Premium Support,” by Joseph Antos (April 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).

www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2013/04/preserving-medicare-for-future-generations–market-based-approac.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4891 0 CAAR – Heritage Foundation Issue Brief – April 16, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4888 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4888#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:08:35 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4888 “Medicare Savings: 5 Steps to a Down Payment on Structural Reform,” by Robert E. Moffit and Rea S. Hederman, Jr. (Issue Brief No. 3908, April 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).

www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/04/medicare-savings-5-steps-to-a-downpayment-on-structural-reform

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4888 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – April 16, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4882 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4882#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:57:06 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4882 “Impact on Medicare Program for Investment Income That Medicare Part D Plans Earned and Retained From Medicare Funds in 2009″ (A-07-11-05017, April 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/71105017.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4882 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – April 11, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4855 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4855#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:51:39 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4855 “Strengthening Medicare for Seniors: Understanding the Challenges of Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design,” a hearing held April 11, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 1 hour 36 minutes).

energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/strengthening-medicare-seniors-understanding-challenges-traditional-medicares-benefit-design

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4855 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Brief – April 11, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4849 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4849#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:46:57 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4849 “Medicare and the Federal Budget: Comparison of Medicare Provisions in Recent Federal Debt and Deficit Reduction Proposals,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 15p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8124.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4849 0 CAAR – US Medicare Payment Advisory Committee Hearing Transcript – April 8, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4811 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4811#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:26:27 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4811 A transcript of the Apr. 4-5, 2013 meeting is available (.pdf format, 496p.).

www.medpac.gov/meeting_search.cfm?SelectedDate=2013-04-04 00:00:00.0

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4811 0 CAAR – AARP Reports – April 4, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4777 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4777#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:33:29 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4777 A. “Two-Thirds of States Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services for Dual Eligibles,” by Jenna Walls, Diana Scully, Eunhee (Grace) Cho, John Michael Hall, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Kathleen Ujvari (April 2013, .pdf format, 16p.).

www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-04-2013/states-integrating-medicare-and-medicaid-services-AARP-ppi-health.html

B. “An Uphill Climb: Women Face Greater Obstacles to Retirement Security,” by Mikki Waid (April 2013, .pdf format, 3p.).

www.aarp.org/work/retirement-planning/info-04-2013/uphill-climb-women-face-greater-obstacles-to-retirement-AARP-ppi-econ-sec.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4777 0 CAAR – US Bureau of Economic Analysis Working Paper – April 2, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4747 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4747#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:46:18 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4747 “A Regression-Based Medical Care Expenditure Index for Medicare Beneficiaries,” by Anne E. Hall, Tina Highfill (WP2013-4, March 2013, .pdf format, 39p.).

Abstract:

We construct a disease-based price index for Medicare beneficiaries using data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey from 2001-2005. We create the index by modeling total health-care expenditure as a function of the diagnoses of 27 illnesses. The coefficients from the regression are used to divide up each beneficiary’s spending (following the method outlined in Trogdon et al. 2008) among his or her diagnosed illnesses. Spending for each illness is then aggregated over beneficiaries. An average price for each illness is calculated by dividing the total expenditure by the number of patients with the illness. We then use the prices to construct a Laspeyres price index for medical care indexed to 2001. This index grows at an average annual rate of about 6% from 2001 to 2005. Average nominal expenditure by Medicare beneficiaries grows at an average annual rate of 8.6% but, after nominal expenditure is deflated with the price index, average real expenditure grows by only 2.3% per year.

www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/a_regression_base_medical_care_expenditure_index_for_medicare.pdf

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4747 0 CAAR – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report – April 1, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4743 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4743#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:18:08 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4743 “Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy,” (March 2013, .pdf format, 407p.).

www.medpac.gov/documents/Mar13_EntireReport.pdf

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4743 0 CAAR – AARP Factsheet – March 29, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4732 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4732#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:46:46 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4732 “Recent Medicare Initiatives to Improve Care Coordination and Transitional Care for Chronic Conditions,” by Keith D. Lind (March 2013, .pdf format, 9p.).

www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-03-2013/recent-medicare-initiatives-to-improve-care-coordination-AARP-ppi-health.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4732 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – March 27, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4705 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4705#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:07:14 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4705 “Surety Bonds Remain an Underutilized Tool To Protect Medicare From Supplier Overpayments,” (OEI-03-11-00350, March 2013, .pdf format, 23p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-03-11-00350.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4705 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – March 26, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4695 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4695#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:01:25 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4695 “Medicare Spending Limits: Issues and Implications,” by Chapin White (March 2013, .pdf format, 24p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8428.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4695 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Report, Map – March 21, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4629 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4629#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:49:24 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4629 A. “Medicare Health Plans and Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Industry Perspectives on the Current and Future Market,” by Marsha Gold, Winnie Wang, and Gretchen Jacobson (March 2013, .pdf format, 24p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8427.cfm

B. “State Demonstration Proposals to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries” (March 2013).

www.kff.org/medicaid/dual_eligibles_map.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4629 0 CAAR – US Senate Committee on Finance Hearing Testimony – March 20, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4620 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4620#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:25:50 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4620 “Reforming the Delivery System: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation,” a hearing held March 20, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing available in Flash format, running time 1 hour 14 minutes).

www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f9225683-5056-a032-52f7-0807beda4511

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4620 0 CAAR – Heritage Foundation Issue Brief – March 20, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4612 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4612#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:19:34 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4612 “Medicare Drugs: Why Congress Should Reject Government Price Fixing,” by Robert E. Moffit (Issue Brief No. 3880, March 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).

www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/03/medicare-drugs-why-congress-should-reject-government-price-fixing

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4612 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Policy Brief, Report – March 19, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4603 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4603#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:22:08 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4603 “Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Washington: Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared” (Policy Brief, March 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).

www.kff.org/medicaid/8426.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4603 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – March 19, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4599 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4599#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:14:50 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4599 “Saving Seniors and Our Most Vulnerable Citizens from an Entitlement Crisis,” a hearing held March 18, 2013 (witness statements are available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 1 hour 56 minutes).

energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/saving-seniors-and-our-most-vulnerable-citizens-entitlement-crisis

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4599 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Report – March 18, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4572 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4572#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:44:53 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4572 “Medicare and the Federal Budget: Comparison of Medicare Provisions in Recent Federal Debt and Deficit Reduction Proposals,” (March 2013, .pdf format, 13p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8124.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4572 0 CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – March 18, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4566 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4566#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:41:28 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4566 “Can Amputation Save the Hospital? The Impact of the Medicare Rural Flexibility Program on Demand and Welfare,” by Gautam Gowrisankaran, Claudio Lucarelli, Philip Schmidt-Dengler, and Robert Town (w18894, March 2013, .pdf format, 35p.).

Abstract:

This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program on rural resident hospital choice and welfare. The Flex program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital (CAH), which receives more generous reimbursement in return for limits on capacity and length of stay. A hospital that converted to CAH status would see its inpatient admissions drop by a mean of 5.4%, of which almost all was driven by factors other than capacity. The program increased consumer welfare if it reduced the closure rate by at least 4 percentage points.

papers.nber.org/papers/w18894

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4566 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing Testimony – March 15, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4560 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4560#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:50:24 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4560 “MedPAC’s Annual March Report to Congress,” a hearing held March 15, 2013 (witness statements are available in .pdf format,).

waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=323110

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4560 0 CAAR – Commonwealth Fund Report – March 15, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4558 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4558#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:49:46 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4558 “Paying for Value: Replacing Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate Formula with Incentives to Improve Care,” by Stuart Guterman, Mark A. Zezza, and Cathy Schoen (March 2013, .pdf format, 10p.).

www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2013/Mar/Paying-for-Value-Replacing-Medicares-Sustainable-Growth-Rate.aspx

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4558 0 CAAR – Center for Health Care Strategies Brief – March 15, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4556 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4556#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:47:09 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4556 “Innovations in Integration: State Approaches to Improving Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees,” by Michelle Herman and Brianna Ensslin (February 2013, .pdf format, 14p.).

www.chcs.org/publications3960/publications_show.htm?doc_id=1261484#.UUISZcVupqw

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4556 0 CAAR – US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Final Decision Memo – March 12, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4516 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4516#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:49:52 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4516 “Decision Memo for Positron Emission Tomography” (CAG-00065R2, March 2013, HTML and .pdf format, 25p.).

www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=261

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4516 0 CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Decision Memorandum – March 11, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4506 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4506#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:39:55 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4506 “National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Positron Emission Tomography (CAG-00065R2),” (March 7, 2013).

www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=261

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4506 0 CAAR – Urban Institute Brief – March 11, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4504 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4504#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:38:57 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4504 “Can Medicare Be Preserved While Reducing the Deficit?” by Robert A. Berenson, John Holahan, and Stephen Zuckerman (March 2013, .pdf format, 16p.).

www.urban.org/publications/412759.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4504 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – March 5, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4460 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4460#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:29:49 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4460 “Gaps in Oversight of Conflicts of Interest in Medicare Prescription Drug Decisions,” (OEI-05-10-00450, March 2013, .pdf format, 32p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-10-00450.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4460 0 CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – March 5, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4452 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4452#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:23:00 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4452 Health Affairs (Vol. 32, No. 3, March/April 2013).

content.healthaffairs.org/content/vol32/issue3/index.dtl?etoc

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4452 0 CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – March 4, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4444 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4444#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:26:10 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4444 “Medicare Advantage: Substantial Excess Payments Underscore Need for CMS to Improve Accuracy of Risk Score Adjustments,” (GAO-13-206, January 2013, .pdf format, 26p.).

www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-206

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4444 0 CAAR – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report – March 4, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4442 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4442#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:25:19 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4442 “Report of the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform,” (March 2013, .pdf format, 21p.).

www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2013/03/report-of-the-national-commission-on-physician-payment-reform.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4442 0 CAAR – Journal Tables of Contents – March 4, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4428 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4428#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:16:54 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4428 Clinical Gerontologist (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2013).

www.tandfonline.com/toc/wcli20/36/2

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Vol. 33, Nos. 3 & 4, January 2013).

No. 3:

www.j-alz.com/issues/33/vol33-3.html

No. 4:

www.j-alz.com/issues/33/vol33-4.html

Medical Care Research and Review (Vol. 70, No. 2, April 2013).

mcr.sagepub.com/content/70/2.toc

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4428 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – February 28, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4418 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4418#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:17:07 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4418 “Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail To Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements,” (OEI 02 09 00201, February 2013, .pdf format, 28p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-09-00201.asp

Related Podcast:

oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/podcasts/reports.asp#snf2013

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4418 0 CAAR – US Senate Finance Committee Hearing Testimony – February 28, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4416 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4416#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4416 “Delivery System Reform: Progress Report from CMS,” a hearing held February 28, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash Player format, running time 1 hour 24 minutes).

www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f4d0fb58-5056-a032-527d-82eb37b66ba4

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4416 0 CAAR – Brookings Institution Report – February 27, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4400 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4400#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:43:34 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4400 “Transitioning to Bundled Payments in Medicare,” by Michael Chernew and Dana Goldman (February 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).

www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/02/transition-bundled-payments-medicare

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4400 0 CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – February 27, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4396 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4396#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:41:28 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4396 “Strengthening Medicare for Today and the Future,” a hearing held February 27, 2013 (witness statements are available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 2 hours 49 minutes).

aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=339799&

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4396 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 27, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4394 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4394#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:40:36 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4394 “Fostering Innovation to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Health Care,” a hearing held February 27, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash Player format, running time).

energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/fostering-innovation-fight-waste-fraud-and-abuse-health-care

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4394 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 26, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4390 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4390#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:29:08 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4390 “Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design,” a hearing held February 26, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format).

waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=320447

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4390 0 CAAR – US Congressional Budget Office Article – February 26, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4379 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4379#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:45:02 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4379 “How Have CBO’s Projections of Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Changed Since the August 2012 Baseline?” by Doug Elmendorf (February 2013).

www.cbo.gov/publication/43947

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4379 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Social Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – February 25, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4361 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4361#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:26:26 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4361 “Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: An Overview of 2011″ (OEI-03-12-00670, February 2013, .pdf format, 29p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-03-12-00670.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4361 0 CAAR – US Deparment of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – February 21, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4327 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4327#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:18:24 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4327 “Part B Payments for Drugs Infused Through Durable Medical Equipment” (OEI-12-12-00310, February 2013, .pdf format, 18p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-12-12-00310.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4327 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Reports, Video – February 15, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4291 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4291#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:34:37 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4291 A. “Medigap: Spotlight on Enrollment, Premiums and Recent Trends,” (February 2013, .pdf format, 30p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8412.cfm

B. Public Opinion Polling on Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: Historic Trends and Current Nuances” (Data Note, February 2013, .pdf format, 4p.).

www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8411.cfm

C. “Medicare 101: What You Need to Know” (February 2013, video and audio transcript, running time: 1 hour, 37 minutes, 48 seconds).

www.kff.org/medicare/ahr021112.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4291 0 CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 14, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4266 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4266#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:36:38 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4266 “SGR: Data, Measures and Models; Building a Future Medicare Physician Payment System,” a hearing held February 14, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format running time ).

energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/sgr-data-measures-and-models-building-future-medicare-physician-payment-system

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4266 0 CAAR – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report – February 12, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4250 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4250#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:28:02 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4250 “The Revolving Door: A Report on U.S. Hospital Readmissions,” by Dartmouth Atlas Project and Lake Research Group (February 2013, .pdf format, 56p.).

www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2013/02/the-revolving-door–a-report-on-u-s–hospital-readmissions.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4250 0 CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Article – January 31, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4157 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4157#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:42:52 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4157 “Impact of Continued Biased Disenrollment from the Medicare Advantage Program to Fee-for-Service,” by Gerald F. Riley (Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2012, .pdf format, 17p.).

www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Research/MMRR/MMRR-Published-Articles-Items/MMRR2012_002_04_A08.html

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4157 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Report – January 30, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4117 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4117#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:17:39 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4117 “Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future,” (January 2013, .pdf format, 216p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8402.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4117 0 CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Report – January 30, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4108 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4108#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:14:18 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4108 “Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future” (January 2013, .pdf format 216p.).

www.kff.org/medicare/8402.cfm

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4108 0 CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Reports – January 24, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4087 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4087#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:31:12 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4087 A. “Medicare Improperly Paid Providers Millions of Dollars for Incarcerated Beneficiaries Who Received Services During 2009 Through 2011,” (A-07-12-01113, January 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/71201113.asp

B. “Medicare Improperly Paid Providers Millions of Dollars for Unlawfully Present Beneficiaries Who Received Services During 2009 Through 2011,” (A-07-12-01116, January 2013, .pdf format, 17p.).

oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/71201116.asp

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4087 0 CAAR – Commonwealth Fund Report – January 23, 2013 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4069 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4069#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?p=4069 “The Visiting Nurse Service of New York’s Choice Health Plans: Continuous Care Management for Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries,” by Marian Bihrle Johnson and Douglas McCarthy (January 2013, .pdf format, 16p.).

www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Case-Studies/2013/Jan/VNSNYs-Choice-Program.aspx

]]> http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/cinfo/?feed=rss2&p=4069 0