Radiologists may want to look to the physician-focused payment model path in MACRA to develop specialty-specific Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APM), suggested a recent Journal of the American...
In identical letters to the Trump Administration and Congress, the American Hospital Association and other state and regional associations are urging members of both branches of the federal government...
Using non-physician and nurse providers as part of a patient navigation program can significantly lower healthcare costs and utilization for cancer patients while generating a return on investment, a...
In a recent official blog post, CMS Acting Principal Deputy Administrator Patrick Conway, MD, highlighted the federal agency’s Innovation Center’s successes with alternative payment model...
MACRA implementation has been a major priority for CMS in the past year, but the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently found several challenges that...
URAC, a non-profit healthcare accreditation company, recently called on CMS to implement virtual group standards under the Quality Payment Program in 2018 that promote economies of scale for more...
CMS finalized several new Medicare alternative payment models that will qualify for a five percent value-based incentive payment through the Quality Payment Program. The announcement contained bundled...
With the Quality Payment Program set to launch on Jan. 1, 2017, the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) provided CMS with several MACRA implementation suggestions, including transition year...
As CMS gets ready for MACRA implementation in the new year, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt urged healthcare and political leaders to carry on value-based care progress made under the Affordable...
Love it or loathe it, the United States is headed for four years of drastic policy changes under a Donald Trump administration, giving lawmakers another good chance to repeal, replace, or revise the Affordable Care Act.
The landmark...
Do not feel overwhelmed by the upcoming Quality Payment Program, a healthcare expert at CAPG, a non-profit trade association for accountable physician organizations, advised the projected 592,000 to...
CMS recently announced new opportunities for eligible clinicians to participate in an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) under the Quality Payment Program in 2017 and 2018.
The Oncology Care...
In the week that the healthcare industry has had to digest the 2,400-page final MACRA implementation rule, many industry groups have come forward to express support for the rule, especially attestation...
New value-based reimbursement models under the Quality Payment Program will launch on Jan. 1, 2017, leaving a couple of months for providers to educate themselves on MACRA implementation rules and...
With the final rule on MACRA implementation finally emerging, eligible clinicians were presented with a range of Quality Payment Program participation options that would impact Medicare reimbursement...
CMS released the long-awaited final rule on MACRA implementation earlier today, which stated that the new value-based reimbursement system will start on Jan. 1, 2017.
The final MACRA implementation rule...
In a recent letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan, the GOP Congressional Doctors Caucus called for several MACRA...
For Medicare providers, CMS has set the pace for quality improvements and healthcare payment reform through Stage 3 Meaningful Use and the Quality Payment Program (under MACRA implementation). The programs are designed to put providers on...
With a final ruling on the proposed MACRA implementation rule expected to arrive in early November, the American Medical Association (AMA) recently released three new tools to help healthcare providers...
CMS will award up to $5 million to the Virginia Cardiac Service Quality Initiative and the American Psychological Association to provide primary and specialist care providers with MACRA...
