Medicare
Late November 16, CMS finalized a new payment model that bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery -- the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.
AHA comments to CMS request for information on the implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models.
CMS is proposing changes to its CMS-Hierarchical Condition Category risk adjustment model.
On October 30, CMS released the calendar year 2016 outpatient prospective payment system /ambulatory surgical center final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General today finalized waivers from fraud and abuse rules for Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the final incentive payment adjustment factors for the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which are being used to adjust base operating Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group payments to eligible hospitals for…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Oct. 27 webinar on the Physician Quality Reporting System for physicians and other eligible professionals who bill for outpatient services provided in critical access hospitals using CAH Method II. During the 60-minute webinar, which…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the participants for the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model, a new accountable care organization model for Medicare patients with end-stage renal disease.
Hospitals’ performance on most quality measures was improving before the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program began in October 2012 and did not noticeably change during the first two years of the VBP Program, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.