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Westerman George MD in the Press
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Washington area appointments for the week of May 7 Washington Post - May 6, 2012
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Early 53-Man Roster Predictions for Every NFL Team Bleacher Report - 4 days ago
Videos of Interest
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Breaking the Cycle of Addiction - Second Chance Homes in Billings, Montana provides a safe, sober and supervised environment for mothers struggling with addiction who have temporarily lost custody of their children. Data gathered by the Yellowstone County Family Drug Court found that parents and children have much better long-term outcomes when the children are allowed to remain in the mother's care during her recovery process. After several months of sustained sobriety, mother and children are reunited in the Second Chance Homes family home. "The best prevention for children is good treatment for parents. We have to get families healthy in order to grow healthy children." -- Brenda Roche, Ph.D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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House Session 2011-10-25 (17:11:26-18:13:49) - LIVE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tba
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Medicare Physician Feedback Program: Payment Standardization and RIsk Adjustment - During the National Provider Call, CMS subject matter experts discussed how and why per capita cost measures are adjusted under these programs. This call provided an opportunity to: (1) have a public dialogue about our methodology, (2) obtain stakeholder input, and (3) discuss ways to further improve these cost adjustment processes. This National Provider Call took place on December 21, 2011. Agenda - Opening Comments and Background - Brief overview of the QRUR and Value Modifier Programs - Timelines - Presentation: Standardizing cost data to make fair comparisons - General Background, purpose, and use - Basics of how it applies to Physician Feedback Program/Value Modifier - Comments and questions from participants - Presentations: Adjusting cost data for beneficiary health status - Background, development, and purpose of the CMS-HCC risk adjustment methodology - Application of the risk adjustment to the Physician Feedback program/Value modifier - Comments and questions from participants - Closing and next steps

