H.R. 2, “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” replaces H.R. 1470, “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015”By Don McCanne,
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Repeal SGR, but don’t privatize Medicare
Repeal SGR, but don't privatize MedicareMarch 25, 2015By Don McCanneIn the fervor to finally rid us of the flawed SGR model of setting Medicare payment
SGR Fix: APMs threaten physician burnout (RAND)
Effects of Health Care Payment Models on Physician Practice in the United StatesBy Mark W. Friedberg, Peggy G. Chen, Chapin White, Olivia Jung, Laura Raaen,
MIPS – Learn to live with it
Working Framework of SGR PackageHouse Committees on Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means, March 20, 2015Repeal and Replace Medicare Physician Payment System. The legislation
URGENT: Explaining MIPS; Action required
Summary of "SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act"House Committees on Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means, March 19, 2015Summary: http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/114/Analysis/20150319SGRSectionbySection.pdfYesterday's Quote of
EMERGENCY! The MIPS stake is plunging into the heart of traditional Medicare
H.R. 1470: “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015”114th CongressA BILLTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the
Gov. Brown’s attack on public employee health benefit programs
Unions, retirees blast Jerry Brown’s state worker medical planBy Jon OrtizThe Sacramento Bee, March 18, 2015Unions lined up Wednesday to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal
Blue Shield of California loses its state tax-exempt status
With billions in the bank, Blue Shield of California loses its state tax-exempt statusBy Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, March 18, 2015Authorities have revoked the tax-exempt
“Paying for value” could mean the end of small family practices
A Boehner-Pelosi prescription for Medicare doc fixesBy Jennifer Haberkorn and David RogersPolitico, March 15, 2015In a rare display of bipartisanship, House leaders are actively pursuing
Patients lack enough assets to pay insurance cost sharing
Consumer Assets and Patient Cost SharingBy Gary Claxton, Matthew Rae, and Nirmita PanchalKaiser Family Foundation, March 11, 2015This important study demonstrates one of the most
ACA has not reduced insurers’ administrative waste
The Affordable Care Act and Medical Loss Ratios: No Impact in First Three YearsBy Benjamin Day, David U. Himmelstein, Michael Broder, and Steffie WoolhandlerInternational Journal
Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act
Economic Analysis of the New York Health ActBy Gerald Friedman, PhDMarch 6, 2015The New York Health Act, introduced by New York Assembly Health Chair Richard