Follow the money: Patient health suffers from ill-advised, unnecessary treatments

Follow the money: Patient health suffers from ill-advised, unnecessary treatments

An advocate discusses how ACOs raised red flags about Medicare spending for skin substitute treatments for patient wounds.

Follow the money: CMS changes its skin substitute payment policy – RamaOnHealthcare

An advocate discusses how ACOs raised red flags about Medicare spending for skin substitute treatments for patient wounds.Advocacy organization Accountable for Health has supported a major shift in Medicare payment policy for skin substitutes used to treat patient wounds. CEO Mara McDermott, J.D., discusses why this change will have effects across traditional Medicare and accountable [...]