A new report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that Medicare beneficiaries have massive out-of-pocket expenses that will require future retirees to save hundreds of thousands of dollars before leaving work.
EBRI built a simulation model that projected rates of return on assets in retirement that incorporated...National News
For the first time ever, a Top 10 Ranking of the most cost effective hospitals in the nation has been published, identifying $8 billion in potential Medicare savings.
The ranking comes from a new analysis by the Lown Institute which compares Medicare billing for over 3,000 hospitals with how many patients died 30 and 90 days from...National News
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week would increase home health payments and eliminate a quality measure from the reporting program.
Net payments would increase by $250 million in 2020, or 1.3 percent, to ensure that home health payments remain consistent with current year statutory...Arizona News
An Avalere analysis of accountable care organizations (ACOs) found that ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accumulate more savings as their experience grows. ACOs in the program for four years or more accounted for nearly all of the $317 in savings reported in 2017.
As of 2018, over 10.5 million Medicare...National News
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) missed $4 billion in savings evaluating changes to Medicare Part D by Congress.
Initially the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 had estimated saving Medicare $7.7 billion over the period of 10 years, but oversight from the CBO found that legislative changes to the drug discount program yielded...