Budget Savings in Student Loans, Medicaid (RedNova)
A federal spending cut bill passed by the U.S. Senate mandates $40 billion in cost reductions while the government will spend about $13 trillion in five years. The programs that will feed the cuts the most will be the federal student loan program, Medicare and Medicaid.

Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Increases IDET Procedure Reimbursement Level Over 130 Percent, USA (Medical News Today)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing reimbursement for the Intradiscal ELECTROTHERMAL* (IDET) Annuloplasty procedure and placing it in a more appropriate Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC). The IDET procedure is a minimally-invasive outpatient procedure that treats spinal discs, and is for patients suffering from chronic discogenic lower back pain.