America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is pushing for CMS to use every ounce of flexibility it has to eliminate cuts to Medicare Advantage before it annouces the final 2015 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Policies.

Efforts to pass a permanent repeal of the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula got a boost as the House GOP Doctors Caucus went on record with its support.

The week of March 3 is CMS's national testing week for ICD-10 implementation, and it promises to be busy as CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced at HIMSS that there will be no change in the October 1 deadline for the switch.

The Congressional Budget Office has finished crunching the numbers for the permanent repeal of SGR formula negotiated and predicts that passing the bill will increase direct Federal spending by about $138 billion over the next 10 years.

It’s over. Another whirlwind of exhibits, announcements, experiences, expertise and so much more. Here’s what you need to know.

ORLANDO--During her keynote address at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilynn Tavenner offered the healthcare community no relief for looming compliance dates.

Dislike the Open Payments regulations (also known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) that are part of the Affordable Care Act? In a blog post for Health Affairs, Anita Griner, deputy director of the Data Sharing and Partnership Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity, explains why the regulations are a good idea and the burden they may create on physicians and manufacturers is likely overstated.

So much information. At this point in the conference, the sheer amount of information shared is overwhelming. Here are a few highlights.