Sen. Ron Wyden plans to unveil a bill to encourage team-based care in the program for older and disabled Americans. In the meantime, Medicare readies to deliver payment data for individual doctors on a "case-by-case" basis.
Modern Healthcare: Lawmaker's Bill Encourages Team-Based Care For Chronically Ill Medicare Patients
Sen. Ron Wyden and three other lawmakers are expected to introduce bipartisan legislation Wednesday intended to remove obstacles they say prevent Medicare providers from focusing on chronically ill patients (Zigmond, 1/15).
Medpage Today: Medicare To Release Doc Pay Data This Spring
Medicare will begin releasing payment data for individual physicians on a "case-by-case basis" as soon as this spring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Tuesday. … The agency will evaluate requests for individual physician payment information starting in mid-March -- 60 days after the publication of a Federal Register notice explaining the policy, Blum said (1/14).
And insurers aren't waiting for proposed cuts to pressure lawmakers to preserve money for private Medicare plans.
