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Maryland program for specialist physicians reports initial Medicare savings

The voluntary Episode Quality Improvement Program for specialist physicians saved Medicare $20 million in its first year, the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission

Panel considers potential changes to home health model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec.

Apply to participate in eight-state primary care model by Dec. 14 

In response to stakeholder feedback, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended through Dec. 14 the application deadline for the Making Care Primary Model, a new value-based payment model beginning next July in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, upstate New York, North Carolina and Washington.

CMS requests applications for new primary care payment model 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 14 released a request for applications to participate in the Making Care Primary Model, a new value-based payment model beginning next July in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, upstate New York, North Carolina, and Washington.

CMS releases proposed rules for Medicaid access and payment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released two proposed rules focused on ensuring access to services for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries across fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
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Value-based Payment to Support Health Equity

To help hospitals on their journey to value, the American Hospital Association’s The Value Initiative has been virtually convening leaders from diverse hospital types and locations to discuss opportunities and challenges in implementing valuebased payment models.

Coalition voices support for bill to strengthen Medicare value-based payment models

Thirteen organizations representing health care providers, including the AHA, voiced support for the Value in Health Care Act, legislation to strengthen Medicare’s value-based payment models and accountable care organizations.

AHA comments on Medicaid drug rebate proposed rule for FY 2021

The AHA July 20 submitted comments on proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations that would support state flexibility in Medicaid drug value-based purchasing arrangements and other changes to the Medicaid drug rebate program for fiscal year 2021.

Chairman's File video: Insights on innovation, value and workforce

While each hospital and health system has their own priorities and challenges, our mission as caregivers is the same: To advance the health of individuals and communities. Learning from each other is a great way to achieve that goal.

At AHA meeting, CMS’s Verma discusses value-based care, regulatory relief 

To deliver higher quality care at lower costs, we must move from fee-for-service payments to “a system in which we’re paying providers to keep people healthy, reduce costs and deliver better outcomes,” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma today told AHA members. The administration “is doing everything we can to accelerate the implementation of financial incentives to drive costs down and improve quality,” she said.