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CMS Issues RFI on Transforming Medical Practices and Value-Based Payment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting public commentary on the optimal ways to transform medical…
CMS Ditches Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D
Last week we wrote about the unpopular proposed changes to Medicare Part D. Among the most problematic proposals was one to…
CMS: Uncommon Alliance of Stakeholders Push Back on Controversial Proposals…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule, suggesting numerous technical and policy changes to key…
CMS Adds Quality Measures to Physician Compare Website for Some Group…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that for the first time, quality measures have been added to…
ICD-10 Update: Conversion Finally Getting Testing but Program Will Be…
On October 1, 2014 of this year CMS is requiring all providers and health systems to submit their bills using a new coding system…
CMS to Start Releasing Individual Physician Payment Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Modified Policy on Freedom of Information Act Disclosure of…
HHS Launches Meaningful Consent to Engage Patients in Sharing Electronic…
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently launched a new website aimed at aiding providers in their…
Lawmakers Revise SGR Repeal Proposal, Scale Back Penalties; Another Short…
The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees have released an update to last month's Discussion Draft to repeal…
Electronic Health Records: Update on Meaningful Use, and Five Steps for a…
We have written previously about the "Meaningful Use" electronic health record (EHR) initiative, which is run by the Centers for…
ICD 10 Update – Expect a Busy Year in 2014
Even with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 1-year delay, the October 1, 2014 deadline to transition to the new…