Primary care practices in Medicare’s Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) and CPC+ models made meaningful care delivery changes compared to non-participating practices, making the case for...
The Radiation Oncology Model has been delayed indefinitely under a final rule released by CMS on Thursday.
The alternative payment and care delivery model for cancer care aims to improve quality of...
Dialysis facilities required to participate in Medicare’s End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) model had a lower prevalence of transplantation waitlisting, living donor...
Alternative payment models that put financial risk on healthcare providers improved care quality for patients with diabetes more so than fee-for-service and incentive payment programs, according to a...
An internal analysis of three CMS Innovation Center models revealed instances of implicit bias in healthcare, which disproportionately impacted people of color and low-income individuals.
CMS...
The Biden Administration recently announced a new alternative payment model from the CMS Innovation Center that will focus on improving cancer care quality and total cost of care around treating the...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recommended changes to the CMS Radiation Oncology (RO) Model following the agency’s decision to delay the model’s start date.
In a letter to CMS...
The CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model reduced Medicare fee-for-service episode payments for both surgical and medical episodes, according to a new report for CMS...
Value-based payment models that shared five-year expected savings offered stronger incentives for clinicians to implement preventive interventions for postpartum depression compared to models that...
Global hospital budget models with a volume adjustment system could help limit hospital spending growth for commercial payers and patients, according to an issue brief from the Commonwealth...
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries whose primary care organization participated in a value-based payment model saw lower rates of hospitalizations, observation stays, and emergency department visits,...
Collective participation in delivery system and payment reform programs, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), was not generally associated with improved health services outcomes in primary...
More than 200 healthcare organizations, including America’s Physician Groups (APG) and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), have urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...
Value-based care platform Signify Health has signed an agreement to acquire Caravan Health and aims to increase participation in value-based payment models and improve patient outcomes.
The merger...
A group of eight healthcare organizations, including the American Medical Association (AMA) and National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), have asked Congress to increase their efforts in promoting...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program will care for more beneficiaries in 2022, making it the largest alternative payment model in Medicare despite lackluster ACO...
More than 50 lawmakers led by US Representative Pramila Jayapa urged the Biden administration to discontinue the Medicare Direct Contracting (DC) program and transition Medicare...
Most healthcare payments made in 2020 were tied in some way to value or quality of care, according to the latest data from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN).
The LAN’s latest APM Measurement report showed...
A smaller percentage of providers in rural or health professional shortage areas eligible to participate in Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) did partake in the Quality Payment Program track compared to providers not located in...
CMS has notified providers via email that it will not move forward with the Seriously Ill Population (SIP) Component of the Primary Care First Model. The Model started in 2021 but the Biden...