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MACRA
Accountable Care Organizations: Risk and Reward
In January 2015, HHS set the target of funneling 50% of Medicare payments through alternative payment models and tying 90% of…
RAND Releases Study on MACRA Implementation
According to a RAND study in Health Affairs, MACRA will slow the rate of growth for the program's spending on physician services,…
MACRA Letters Went Out, Finally
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally mailed out letters to medical practices, providing clinicians with…
CMS Releases Proposed 2018 MACRA Rule (Including QI CME as Improvement…
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-anticipated proposed rule updating the…
Current State of Telemedicine
As we previously reported, the CHRONIC Care Act of 2017 was introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and…
OIG Reviews QPP
As we have recently written, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) enacted clinician payment reforms…
Tom Price on MACRA and Value-Based Care
During the last weeks of the Obama Administration, CMS continued to roll out new mandatory bundled payments models. Rep. Tom Price…
Part Three: The Broader Impact of MACRA
In part three of our MACRA series, we look at the broader implications of this rule on the healthcare world. We are especially…
Part Two: MACRA More MIPS, and APMs
In part two of our MACRA analysis, we continue our look at MIPS and evaluate the APM pathway of MACRA’s new quality payment…
Part One: MACRA Overview and MIPS
In its final MACRA rule, CMS significantly revamped the physician pay rule to make it easy for physicians to avoid penalties and…