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Vendzilla · 07-07-2014, 01:14 PM

http://washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-re...rticle/2550506

As Americans scrambled ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend on Thursday afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services released 1,296 pages of new regulations dealing with payment rates to doctors and hospitals.

The timing of the news release is part of a long pattern for President Obama's administration, which has often used holidays as an opportunity to dump dense regulatory changes when most reporters and Americans are focused on their holiday plans.

The release came at 4:15 p.m.

Last year, the Obama administration used the days surrounding the July 4th holiday as an opening to announce a delay to the employer mandate and to disclose the fact that the exchanges would operate on the honor system, doling out benefits without properly verifying information provided by applicants.

How is this going to work again?

pornmasta · 07-07-2014, 01:21 PM

america seems to be more bureaucratic than france (and france is already really bureaucratic)

Just Alex · 07-07-2014, 01:21 PM

Barry-xlovecam · 07-07-2014, 01:56 PM

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient
prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC)
payment system for CY 2015 to implement applicable statutory requirements and
changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed
rule, we describe the proposed changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the
payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC
payment system. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the
requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC
Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.

Did anyone bother to read some of this?

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SUMMARY: This major proposed rule addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, and
other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect
changes in medical practice and the relative value of services, as well as changes in the statute.
See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this proposed rule.

This is about Medicare and not "Obamacare."
If anything, this may lower Medicare payments with the difference being made up by the privately insured.

Rochard · 07-07-2014, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Did anyone bother to read some of this?

He can't read. He just cuts and pastes.

Vendzilla · 07-07-2014, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

He can't read. He just cuts and pastes.

Fuck off idiot, or did you finally figure out the difference between congress and the house of reps?

Barry-xlovecam · 07-07-2014, 02:56 PM

I read through a little of the first PDF I quoted. I think this would make sense to a medical billing clerk ...

The only issue I see in this is that it does nothing to reduce the medical charges for patients other than Medicare patients. So, if you have private insurance your insurer will have increased contract costs (maybe) and your premiums will increase.

I am sure the taxes that you pay for Medicare will decrease --HAHA. Of course, Congress will not increase Medicare co-payment amounts -- that would be political suicide.

So, we have three classes of medical rates: Government Medicare and Medicaid; Private payers A.K.A: the insured. Guess which one gets a "stick up their ass"?

Vendzilla · 07-07-2014, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Did anyone bother to read some of this?

This is about Medicare and not "Obamacare."
If anything, this may lower Medicare payments with the difference being made up by the privately insured.

So privately insured will pay more for insurance?

Barry-xlovecam · 07-07-2014, 03:03 PM

Isn't that how it usually works?
I hope I am wrong

Vendzilla · 07-07-2014, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Isn't that how it usually works?
I hope I am wrong

Pretty much anytime to add regulations, you add cost. Someone has to pay for the cost.

Someone being people that were already paying for healthcare before Obamacare that are already paying more because of it.

crockett · 07-07-2014, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Pretty much anytime to add regulations, you add cost. Someone has to pay for the cost.

Someone being people that were already paying for healthcare before Obamacare that are already paying more because of it.

Funny how none of the doom and gloom Republicans claimed would happen because of Obamacare has happened. The simple fact is, it's working as intended. But hay you guys can keep praying something bad happens, rather than get on board and start supporting the country you live in, instead of trying to destroy it.

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Vendzilla Biker Gnome Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cell#324 Posts: 23,201	HHS releases 1,296 new pages of regulations for Obamacare http://washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-re...rticle/2550506 As Americans scrambled ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend on Thursday afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services released 1,296 pages of new regulations dealing with payment rates to doctors and hospitals. The timing of the news release is part of a long pattern for President Obama's administration, which has often used holidays as an opportunity to dump dense regulatory changes when most reporters and Americans are focused on their holiday plans. The release came at 4:15 p.m. Last year, the Obama administration used the days surrounding the July 4th holiday as an opening to announce a delay to the employer mandate and to disclose the fact that the exchanges would operate on the honor system, doling out benefits without properly verifying information provided by applicants. How is this going to work again? __________________ Webair died? Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants think about that

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07-07-2014, 02:56 PM	#7
Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	I read through a little of the first PDF I quoted. I think this would make sense to a medical billing clerk ... The only issue I see in this is that it does nothing to reduce the medical charges for patients other than Medicare patients. So, if you have private insurance your insurer will have increased contract costs (maybe) and your premiums will increase. I am sure the taxes that you pay for Medicare will decrease --HAHA. Of course, Congress will not increase Medicare co-payment amounts -- that would be political suicide. So, we have three classes of medical rates: Government Medicare and Medicaid; Private payers A.K.A: the insured. Guess which one gets a "stick up their ass"?

07-07-2014, 03:03 PM	#9
Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	Isn't that how it usually works? I hope I am wrong

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pornmasta Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 18,967	america seems to be more bureaucratic than france (and france is already really bureaucratic)