MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'centers for medicare medicaid'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208364&cid=t_155788_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedocket.access.gpo.gov%2F2009%2Fpdf%2FE9-26502.pdf Every January, new billing rules and rates go into place for physicians’ services as part of the annual update to Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule. Dominating DC health policy concerns in this arena are the medical community’s efforts with Congress to address Medicare’s cost-of-living adjuster, known as the “sustainable growth rate” (SGR), which would have lowered 2010 fees across-the-board by 21 percent, if not for a last-minute temporary stay through the end of February. Negotiations with Congress are on-going to provide a long term or multi-year solution—a costly “fix” that I believe is well worth the price to keep physicians in the Medicare program, and seems to have widespread support. Getting much less attention is a unilateral policy pronouncement made by the Cent... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208364 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:00:43 +0100 3208364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2326618&cid=t_155788_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F07%2Fmedicare-expands-coverage-of-pet-scans-as-cancer-diagnostic-tool%2F “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for initial testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers.  This decision applies to PET scans used to support initial diagnosis and treatment for most [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2326618 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:36:08 +0100 2326618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299061&cid=t_155788_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F30%2Fsenators-kennedy-hutchison-renew-war-on-cancer%2F On March 26, 2009, Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) introduced the 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, a bill to comprehensively address the challenges our nation faces in battling cancer. This is the first sweeping cancer legislation introduced since the National Cancer Act [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299061 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:32:52 +0100 2299061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015066&cid=t_155788_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F181677360%2F The biotech made several changes to the warning labels on its EPO drugs, Aranesp and Epogen, and six new clinical trials are being proposed to assess their safety in treating chemotherapy-induced anemia in specific types of tumors. The revised labels say therapy should end following the completion of chemotherapy, and patient dosing should be adjusted to achieve and maintain the lowest hemoglobin level possible to avoid a blood transfusion. The warnings also state that the hemoglobin level should not exceed the upper safety limit of 12 grams per deciliter of blood. The changes to the boxed warnings include additional language in the indications and usage section, addition of an oncology study to the warnings section, and clarification of the hemoglobin range for chronic renal failure patie... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015066 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:13:10 +0100 1015066