Value-based care payments are quickly becoming a mainstay in today’s health insurance industry with more payers jumping on the bandwagon of bundles, alternative payment models, and accountable...
The state of New York has been working toward redesigning their Medicaid program and fixing the various problems plaguing this system. In particular, payment reforms within the New York Medicaid...
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), which will essentially drop meaningful...
The state of New York is undergoing significant payment reforms within its Medicaid program. In 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo finalized negotiations with federal agencies to create a waiver that would...
The federal government has brought a tremendous amount of focus on reforming provider-payer reimbursement in order to reduce the rising healthcare expenditure around the country. New regulations have...
Bundled payment models are growing in popularity throughout the health insurance industry partially due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pushing forth alternative payment...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has given the healthcare industry three years to transition toward alternative payment models. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced last year that,...
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the state of Maryland’s first year results from its All-Payer Model. Maryland has implemented a global budget payment system...
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its issuance of the final rules regarding Medicare payment in 2016 to physicians and healthcare professionals in an effort...
Earlier this year, the federal government repealed the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula, which affected the future of healthcare payment models all across the board. Recently, the Centers...
The healthcare industry has undergone a variety of reforms in the last several years and this may be leading to workflow difficulties for physicians. From meaningful use requirements and the ICD-10...
