CMS Finalizes 3 Payment Rules
On November 1, CMS finalized updated payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System for CY 2017.
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Additional CMS Opportunities to Join APMs
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.
ICD-10 Reaches the One Year Mark
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.
CMS Call: How to Report Across 2016 Medicare Quality Programs
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.
$13M Awarded to Test and Implement New Children’s Quality Measures
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.
HHS Awards $1.5 million to Improve Information Flow for Patients and Providers
ONC announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.
Physicians and Health Care Providers Continue to Improve Quality of Care, Lower Costs
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 Announces Blockchain Challenge Winners
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 Advancing Care Coordination Webinar
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.