Policy and Legislation
Federal risk corridor payments no longer deemed collectible given recent court ruling.
Rule establishes bundled payments for cardiac and orthopedic care, small-practice ACOs.
People who want to sign up for a policy on healthcare.gov after open enrollment ends may have to prove they qualify for special enrollment.
The group is pressing CMS to make 2018 another transition year, more cybersecurity incentives and to streamline multiple Meaningful Use programs.
Affordable Care Act's fate is coming into question as healthcare organizations move into the new world of value-based care and other advances.
Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. acquired the medication in February 2015 and abruptly doubled the $1,500 retail price.
The new model was unveiled in March to test whether alternative payments would have given incentives to prescribe less costly drugs. CMS withdrew the proposal after a CMMI review.
Agency predicts the new opportunities will mean 25 percent of clinicians in QPP will be a part of the APMs.
State-based effort is an Innovation Center initiative for clinicians to participate in advanced alternative payment models under MACRA.
California's reimbursements for these dentists have long been among the lowest in the nation, and they have not changed since 2001.