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Hospices receive CMS payment bump

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement an increase in payments for hospice care, the agency recently announced. CMS will enact a 2.5 percent payment increase to

WellPoint ties quality to payments

WellPoint ( NYSE: WLP ) will halt annual payment increases to about 1,500 hospitals if they fail to meet its treatment quality criteria, reports FierceHealthcare. Reimbursement increases for hospitals

WellPoint ties hospital payment bumps to quality of care

Indianapolis-based WellPoint, Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, is tying annual payment increases to hospitals to new quality criteria. Reimbursement bumps to hospitals in 14 states where