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There’s a New Secretary in Town: What Do We Know About Tom Price?

On February 10, 2017, the Senate confirmed Tom Price to be the 23rd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Prior to his nomination and confirmation, Secretary Price was a Member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia’s 6th district. There, he had chaired the House Budget Committee since 2015. In addition, […]

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New Episode Payment Models and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model Delayed

Today, CMS announced a delay in the implementation of a recently-finalized regulation that would have created three new episode payment models for inpatient hospital care, established the Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive payment model, and also made technical changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. The final regulation, which was released in December 2016 […]

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