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    SHM urges Congress to reverse changes in reimbursement rates under 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

    December 4, 2020

    “These cuts are coming at the exact wrong time,” said SHM CEO Dr. Eric Howell.

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    Medicare finalizes 2021 physician pay rule with E/M changes

    December 3, 2020

    “This finalized policy marks the most significant updates to E/M codes in 30 years, reducing burden on doctors imposed by the coding system and rewarding time spent evaluating and managing their patients’ care.”

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    CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity

    December 1, 2020

    The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.

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    Biden plan to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 faces hostility from hospitals

    November 11, 2020

    “Hospitals are very aware about generous commercial rates being replaced by lower Medicare rates.”

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    Trump could clean house at health agencies

    November 11, 2020

    Most of the president’s ire has been directed at Fauci. As far back as April, Trump retweeted a call for Fauci’s firing.

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    Hospitalist Medicare payments are at risk for large cuts in 2021

    November 11, 2020

    Medicare has proposed changes that would create unprecedented financial hardship for hospital medicine groups.

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    Supreme Court Justices seem skeptical of case to overturn ACA

    November 10, 2020

    It’s unlikely the Justices will issue a decision immediately. They have until the end of the term in June to rule.

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    What to know as ACA heads to Supreme Court – again

    November 9, 2020

    There is a long list of ways this could play out.

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    Biden victory: What it means for COVID, health care

    November 7, 2020

    Biden’s agenda includes: Ramping up the federal response to COVID-19, boosting the Affordable Care Act, creating a new “public option” to cover uninsured Americans, and expanding Medicare and Medicaid.

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    Medicare fines half of hospitals for readmitting too many patients

    November 4, 2020

    A hospital will be penalized if its readmission rate is higher than expected given national trends in select categories.

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