When hiring a W-2 employee, as their employer, you must withhold income taxes, withhold and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, and pay unemployment taxes on their wages. On the other hand, you can hire 1099 independent contractors, in which you are not responsible for withholding and pa...
Early Detection of Poor Adherers to Statins: Applying Individualized Surveillance to Pay for Performancedoi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079611Research ArticleBackground:Medication nonadherence costs $300 billion annually in the US. Medicare Advantage plans have a financial incentive to increase medication adherence...
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the hospital Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program in 2012, CMS provided a definition and structure for measuring value in hospital-based healthcare services. Under this new program, CMS withholds a percentage of reimbursement from...
The Long-term Impact of Medicare Payment Reductions on Patient Outcomes This study examines the long term impact of Medicare payment reductions on patient outcomes using a natural experiment - the Balance Budget Act (BBA) of 19... VY Wu,YC Shen - 《Health Services Research》 被引量: 40发表...
Diabetes self-management education has proven to be one of the most effective strategies for helping patients manage their diabetes (Haas, Maryniuk, & Beck, 2014). As a result, Medicare and other major health care plans offer this education to people with diabetes. Yet, the NNDS results for...
The FIRE movement has grown in popularity for the last decade or so. Today, let's dive into the topic and see if it applies (or could apply) to you. What Does FIRE Stand For? For those who aren't in the know, FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. The FIRE Movement...
The US Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program was established in 1972. The number of patients in the program increased from 5,000 in the first year to more than 500,000 in recent years. Only recently have efforts for risk factor identification, early diagnosis, and prevention of ...