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CMS adds some 2017 QPP performance data to Physician Compare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week added to the Physician Compare website certain 2017 (year one) Quality Payment Program performance data submitted under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Models.

CMS updates MIPS APM participation status tool

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its alternative payment model participation status tool for the 2019 Quality Payment Program.

Making Sense of the MACRA: A Primer for Trustees

Trustee Articles
This primer provides an overview of the MACRA law and includes questions to help boards, executives and clinical leaders discuss its impact on their organization.

The Ins and Outs of Physician Payment After Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Reform

On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Reimbursement reform: Educating physicians

It was standing room only at a January physician education event in South Carolina as 140-plus providers in the Palmetto Health Quality Collaborative gathered from around the state’s Midlands regio

HHS plans to issue Stark, anti-kickback rules this summer

The Department of Health and Human Services aims to release proposed rules amending the physician self-referral (Stark law) regulations and safe-harbors under the anti-kickback statute by July.

Senate hearing examines MACRA’s progress, future

The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on clinician payment reform under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and how it could be further improved.

Quality Payment Program, Year 2

In January, physicians and other eligible clinicians began their second year of Medicare’s Quality Payment Program, established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

The costs of violence

Violence Report examines cost of community violence Community violence cost U.S.