CMS opened the application period for practices to participate in the new nation-wide primary care model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+). CPC+ is a five-year primary care medical home model beginning January 2017 that will enable primary care practices to care for their patients the way they think will deliver the best outcomes and to pay them for achieving results and improving care.
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By Kim Straub – Here’s what you need to know and how you can adjust to the new payment policies. The Two-Midnight Rule – The changes to this rule came into effect in January this year. The Two Midnight Rule, founded in 2013, helps define inpatient versus out-patient stays, but does so in a way that can make patient intake awkward.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in June. Active registrants total over a half a million.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized new rules that will enrich the Qualified Entity Program by expanding access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery and quality improvement.
On July 7, CMS proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule to transform how Medicare pays for primary care through a new focus on care management and behavioral health designed to recognize the importance of the primary care work physicians perform. The rule also proposes policies to expand the Diabetes Prevention Program within Medicare starting January 1, 2018.
Published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2016, new CMS proposed rule for Medicare reporting programs includes changes to the EHR Incentive Program. Changes cover eligible hospitals, CAHs, and EPs for reporting periods 2016 and beyond. Comment period ends on September 6, 2016.
The CMS Oncology Care Model (OCM) is an innovative, multi-payer model focused on providing higher quality, more coordinated oncology care. Under OCM, physician group practices have entered into payment arrangements that include financial and performance accountability for episodes of care surrounding chemotherapy administration to cancer patients.
By John Halamka MD – Some have suggested that my comments over the past few months about the Meaningful Use program, MACRA/MIPS, and Certification imply that we should just give up – throw out the baby with the bath water. That’s not what I’ve written. Here’s a clarification.
Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC, or RCCA, is one of a select group of oncology organizations nationwide invited by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the agency’s Oncology Care Model, or OCM.