CMS announced new opportunities for clinicians to join APMs developed by the CMS Innovation Center to improve care and potentially earn an incentive payment under the Quality Payment Program created through MACRA.
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On October 1, 2015, the U.S. health care system transitioned to ICD-10. One year later, CMS remains committed to helping you maintain your ICD-10 progress.
Tuesday, November 1 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET: Register to learn how to report quality measures during the 2016 program year to maximize your participation in Medicare quality programs.
AHRQ and CMS announced awards totaling $13.4 million in funding over four years to six new Pediatric Quality Measures Program grantees focused on implementing new pediatric quality measures developed by the PQMP Centers of Excellence.
ONC announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.
Affordable Care Act Accountable Care Organization initiatives put patients at the center of their care while generating more than $1.29 billion in total Medicare savings since 2012.
ONC announced the winners of the Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-related Research Challenge. A Blockchain—most commonly associated with digital currency—is a data structure that can be timed-stamped and signed using a private key to prevent tampering.
CMS published four new payment models and refinements to a current model through a notice of proposed rulemaking to further advance care coordination for Medicare FFS beneficiaries, which will begin 7/1/17.
CMS issued a final rule to update fiscal year 2017 Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System. The final rule, which would apply to approximately 3,330 acute care hospitals and approximately 430 LTCHs, would affect discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2016.