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CMS Reports $42 Billion Saved in Medicare and Medicaid
On July 20, 2016, CMS released a report that showed investments that are made in program integrity activities – such as…
CMS Considers Global Payment Budgets Similar to the Maryland All-Payer…
Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through its Innovation Center (CMMI) released a…
CMS Delays Hospital Ratings – No Stars Yet
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) postponed publication of its hospital ratings after numerous…
CMS Proposed Physician Fee Schedule 2017 – Includes Open Payments Questions
CMS released its proposed Physician Fee Schedule on July 7, including a section on Open Payments. CMS notes it does not…
Open Payments 2015 Data Released
Background
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2015 Open Payments data, along with…
CMS: Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote…
CMS recently released a proposed rule updating the Conditions of Participation (CoP) for 6,228 hospitals and critical access…
Better Patient Care Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Patient Savings
In October 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, in…
CMS Administrator Goes to Twitter to Explain the Proposed Rule for the…
In an very unusual move for a government regulator, the CMS acting administrator Andy Slavitt took to Twitter to explain his…
Understanding the CMS Proposed Rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP…
After reviewing the Merit-based Payment System (MIPS) in detail, we now focus our attention on the alternative payment…
Understanding the CMS Proposed Rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP…
As we have reported, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule to implement the…