BLOG Mar 11, 2019 How to Initiate Technical Assistance Projects with MassHealth MassHealth has created a Technical Assistance program enabling accountable care organizations and community partners to receive funding for initiatives that strengthen their capabilities to support MassHealth ...
BLOG Mar 6, 2019 Operating to Succeed under Bundled Payments: Clinical Effectiveness ... The first performance period for the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) program began on October 1, 2018. Now with the program having started, if you are a BPCI-A participant, you may be ...
BLOG Feb 6, 2019 Under “Pathways to Success,” When Does the MSSP Still Make Sense for ... In a ruling called “Pathways to Success,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has overhauled the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), accelerating the path to financial risk for MSSP ACOs.
BLOG Jan 21, 2019 New CMS Rules Usher in Big Changes for Medicare ACOs in 2019 In the closing days of 2018, CMS released its 2019 final rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), thereby finalizing several significant program changes that CMS had previously proposed in August 2018. ...
BLOG Dec 12, 2018 New CMS Rules: Updates on Provider-Based Billing, Physician Fee ... The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized key updates to the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (ASCPS), and the Physician ...
BLOG Nov 2, 2018 Trump’s International Pricing Index Model: The Part B Drug Solution ... On October 25, President Trump announced his plan to lower prescription drug prices. Under the plan’s new proposed payment system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch a five-year pilot ...