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November 9, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
The path to repealing the biggest health reform legislation in a generation suddenly became very clear early Wednesday, the day after Donald Trump won a stunning victory and the Republican party retained control of Congress.
With...
November 6, 2016 | Managed Healthcare Executive
There’s a shift happening from primary physician-led healthcare to a broader care team incorporating non-physicians, according to a new report.
PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) report found that most primary care teams are not...
November 3, 2016 | Healthcare Dive
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Diabetes prevention is set for a major push for the sake of both public health and reducing healthcare costs to protect the Medicare Trust Fund under the new 2017 Physician Fee Schedule final rule, CMS Acting Administrator...
November 2, 2016 | Health Payer Intelligence
MACRA implementation will take place across the healthcare industry starting next year, as more and more providers begin participating in Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and and the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)....
October 31, 2016 | Forbes
Anybody who is in the business of selling the idea of direct primary care (DPC) to patients, employers, or politicians can anticipate the usual pushback that will arise in any Q and A format. “Why would I want to pay twice for health care...
October 27, 2016 | RevCycle Intelligence
From EHR systems to mHealth apps, health IT has the potential to help providers achieve value-based care goals. But with hundreds of new technologies seemingly emerging each day, many providers are struggling to select the most appropriate...
October 27, 2016 | The Morning Consult
Members of the Senate Finance Committee are floating legislative proposals aimed at improving the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic diseases.
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and ...
October 26, 2016 | Health Affairs Blog
For the past four years, we have tracked primary care workforce numbers comparing the annual primary care residency match data with the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) graduation rates. While NP data continue to surge, the physician...
October 25, 2016 | Becker's Hospital Review
A recent PwC analysis found primary care teams are missing out on millions through poor team design.
Savings could total $1.2 million for every 10,000 patients given roughly 800 are patients with complex, chronic diseases, according to...
October 24, 2016 | Fierce Healthcare
Hallmarks of the post-Affordable Care Act era are a significant shift toward value-based and risk-sharing contracts. The leader of the reimbursement pack, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has moved aggressively in...
October 24, 2016 | Health Leaders Media
As part of the 2017 final rule announced earlier this month for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), federal officials signaled their intention to create MSSP Track 1+.
Under current regulations, MSSP Track...
October 20, 2016
A Portland State University study has found that Oregon’s new system of primary care homes is saving the state millions of dollars.
Patient-centered primary care homes are clinics where the needs of seriously ill patients are met...
October 19, 2016 | AAFP News
An HHS final rule that went into effect Oct. 17 will affect family physicians who provide health care services through Medicare and Medicaid. The rule, titled "Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities," was published in the May...
October 17, 2016
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)—aka the “SGR” repeal bill, aka Medicare physician payment 3.0. The...
October 17, 2016 | Open Minds
We’ve written much about how technology is remaking health and human services in consumer appointments, billing, evidence-based practices, and other respects. But keeping up with so many potentially revolutionary tech trends — big data,...
October 17, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
An experiment to comprehensively redesign advanced primary care is showing signs of progress, the CMS said Monday in announcing the results of the second performance year of its Comprehensive Primary Care initiative.Of the 481...
October 17, 2016 | CMS Blog
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative's second round of shared savings results, with nearly all practices (95 percent) meeting quality of care requirements...
October 14, 2016
Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration’s progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. The Medicare...
October 13, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
The CMS on Thursday announced a long-term initiative to improve physicians' experience with the Medicare program by reducing administrative burdens.
The initiative seeks to increase physician engagement and improve physician experience ...
October 11, 2016 | Fierce Healthcare
Low literacy rates hurt medication compliance, readmission rates and outcomes. And in the U.S., it’s a big problem. Consider that an estimated 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a fifth grade level and that just 9 percent score...
