Healthcare Informatics | May 11, 2017
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS)
unveiled its Next Generation ACO program in January 2016, accountable care organizations (ACOs) that were in either of the government's other two ACO models-the Pioneer ACO model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) model-had a leg up, as the newer model was built on many of the accountable care concepts and principles as the elder two initiatives..
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Horne Advisors | May 11, 2017
MACRA represents the end of a long history of perpetually delayed Medicare physician fee schedule cuts that were to be automatically triggered under the punitive SGR formula absent Congress' annual postponement ritual. After providing for a series of annual physician payment increases, MACR
A's reimbursement methodology transitions
to a value-based model that includes two p
athways-the Alternative Payment Model ("APM") a
nd the Merit-
Based Incentive Payment System ("MIPS")...
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June 8-9, 2017 | Boston, MA
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June 22-23, 2017 | Boston, MA
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Fierce Healthcare | May 11, 2017
As physician practices work to implement Medicare's new value-based payment system, Black Book Research identified some of the top MACRA challenges they face. The Black Book
survey is based on responses from 8,845 physician practices collected from February to April asking about the challenges created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Some of the top trends uncovered include...
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HealthLeaders Media | May 9, 2017
For organizations that have not participated in programs like the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the longer they wait and do not build up experience, the harder it gets to be successful in the more advanced risk-based programs," says Elizabeth Johnson, MD, MS, president and CEO of MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization.
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