When Rob Lazerow, a managing director at the Advisory Board Co., recently met with the executive team of a large health system, he noticed a construction project had been downsized from the prior year. The organization decided to replace its aging facilities with smaller structures, which would potentially allow it to fine-tune its staffing model and reduce its inventory of excess supplies... READ MORE

CMS recently announced that it advanced a demonstration that would waive Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requirements for eligible clinicians participating in at-risk Medicare Advantage plans. If approved, the Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) demonstration would apply to eligible clinicians sufficiently involved in Medicare Advantage plans that resemble Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs)... READ MORE