CMS recently delayed the launch date of three mandatory Medicare cardiac and orthopedic bundled payment models and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment program from May 20, 2017, to Jan. 1,...
Healthcare fraud prevention and prosecution will continue to be a major area of focus for the Department of Justice (DoJ), Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco recently told the American...
CMS recently announced that the second round of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) alternative payment model will launch in four regions in 2018. The four regions are Louisiana, Nebraska, North...
A coalition of ten healthcare industry groups recently urged HHS Secretary Tom Price to weigh risk-based Medicare Advantage alternative payment models the same as Advanced Alternative Payment Models...
Over one-half (55 percent) of healthcare executives surveyed after the recent presidential election stated that the industry should reach the value-based purchasing tipping point before 2020, a recent...
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYCHHC) recently selected to implement an Epic healthcare revenue cycle management solution to help the health system boost adjusted patient revenue by another 5...
House representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Ryan Costello (R-PA) recently introduced legislation that aims to resolve physician shortage challenges by adding more Medicare-funded residency...
Secretary of Veteran Affairs David J. Shulkin, MD, recently announced a new partnership between the VA and HHS that aims to boost healthcare staffing at VA facilities to improve access to care and care...
Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently presented 1,600 employees with a voluntary buyout option in an effort to control the facility’s healthcare costs, a local news source...
CMS anticipates notifying eligible clinicians about their Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation status for 2017 via letter between late April through May, a recent email from the...
CMS is seeking applicants to participate in a new round of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program that tests a cost-based alternative payment model among small rural hospitals.
Lawmakers...
CMS recently suggested changes to Medicare reimbursement policies for hospital admissions and long-term care hospital stays as well as several recommendations for other Medicare value-based purchasing...
As part of the Accountable Health Communities Model, CMS recently selected 32 organizations to participate in two of the three program tracks that aim to lower healthcare costs and utilization by...
CMS recently halted the home health Pre-Claim Review demonstration in Illinois for 30 days and the program will not expand to Florida as expected in April 2017, according to the federal agency’s...
AMGA President and CEO, Donald W. Fisher, PhD, CAE, passed earlier this week after battling cancer, the healthcare industry group reported. Fisher, who was 71 years old, had led the organization since...
CMS is pushing back the start date for a number of its bundled payment programs in an effort to provide additional time to review and prepare for the initiatives.
In a notice posted in the Federal...
In a 55 to 43 vote yesterday, the Senate confirmed Seema Verma as the next CMS Administrator, according to a New York Times article.
Verma, the founder, president, and CEO of a health policy...
Providers interested in joining the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model in 2018 can now access the Request for Applications and Letter of Intent on the program’s portal,...
CMS recently put out a request for information for a potential Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) alternative payment model targeting pediatric care, according to an official...
A New York-based healthcare clinic manager recently pled guilty for his role in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud ring involving three clinics across New York City. The scheme to defraud federal healthcare...
