ORLANDO - CMS recently selected 11 healthcare organizations to receive a total of $100 million in funding to help small and rural eligible clinicians participate in the newly-launched MACRA.
Each...
In a time of declining claims reimbursement rates and value-based care, rural hospitals are struggling more than ever to improve their healthcare revenue cycle management strategies. For many rural...
A new six-year all-payer alternative payment model will focus on improving care quality and reducing healthcare costs at rural hospitals in Pennsylvania, CMS announced in a recent fact sheet.
The CMS...
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...
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that small and rural practices faced several challenges with implementing value-based care models, such as limited financial resources, a lack...
New York Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) recently spoke out against a CMS plan to recoup supplemental Medicare reimbursement to rural hospitals that could cause hospitals in New York alone to repay the...
Rural hospitals outperformed urban hospitals in several Medicare value-based reimbursement programs in 2015, receiving fewer financial penalties, according to a recent report from the Department of...
In a statement at the CMS Rural Health Summit yesterday, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt identified rural communities as one of the biggest opportunities for healthcare reform because rural areas...
MACRA means different things to various types of healthcare providers, such as critical access hospitals, rural health clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Although the new MACRA framework...
As the healthcare industry shifts from volume to value, hospitals are expected to provide quality care as many could also potentially face lower Medicare reimbursements. At the same time, many hospitals...
Those living in rural areas of the country without a hospital delivering affordable care nearby may soon be at ease due to passage of a new bipartisan bill.
United States Senator John Thune...
The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium is helping rural hospitals transform the care they provide.
With the healthcare landscape in the middle of a major evolution and embracing value-based...
A new report from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association examined the fragile nature of rural hospital operations.
The Virginia Hospital & healthcare Association (VHHA) released a new...
