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Sustainable Growth Rate Formula


Senate votes to delay Medicare payment cut until Oct. 1

Top Stories | Thursday, March 11 2010
 

Senate approves delay in Medicare payment cuts

Top Stories | Wednesday, March 03 2010
 

House repeals 21.2% physician rate cut, SGR formula

Top Stories | Friday, November 20 2009
 

Senate approves delay in Medicare payment cuts

Top Stories | Wednesday, March 03 2010
 

CMS stalls 21% payment cut, allows time for Senate rescue

Top Stories | Monday, March 01 2010
 

Senators work to overcome 'flawed' SGR formula, despite setbacks

Top Stories | Monday, October 26 2009
 


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Commentary: Atrial fibrillation strikes an electrophysiologist

 Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.

AHRQ: Health IT could be disruptive while reducing rehospitalization rates, costs

 The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

New patient monitoring model draws scrutiny

 A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

Commentary: Overcoming challenges with drug-eluting stents

 There are cases presented to all physicians when we have to balance benefits of a particular treatment with concerns around safety for certain patients. In interventional cardiology, we see this dilemma with drug-eluting stents (DES). While this technology provides effective therapy for many patients with ischemia-inducing coronary lesions, there are certain patient groups that encounter problems for different reasons.

Media-driven quality rankings leave out top-performing hospitals

 U.S. News & World Report and HealthGrades surveys that rank “Best Hospitals” according to their high-quality cardiovascular care do not create the most comprehensive list and may create confusion by excluding hospitals that provide the same quality of care, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.