CMS Shares Evaluation of Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment Efforts
In 2011 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched [...]
MedPAC Offers Provider Rate Recommendations for FY 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has submitted its annual Medicare [...]
MedPAC Meets, Discusses Issues
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met for two [...]
Group Seeks Preservation, Reform of Federal Innovation Effort
A coalition of 35 patient, physician, and hospital groups has [...]
Serving High-Need, High-Cost Medicare Patients
With Medicare beneficiaries who have four or more chronic conditions [...]
Cures Law Addresses Shortcomings in Readmissions Program
The 21st Century Cures Act passed last December includes a [...]
Participation in Alternate Payment Models Rises
In 2017 nearly 360,000 clinicians will participate in Medicare and [...]
HHS Transition Briefing Book Available
Prior to last November’s election, leadership at the U.S. Department [...]
Urban Hospitals in ACOS Better at Reducing Some Readmissions Rates
A new study has found that hospitals located in metropolitan [...]
ACOs Serving High Proportions of Racial and Ethnic Minorities Lag in Quality Performance
Accountable care organizations that serve large numbers of minority patients [...]
