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Report: Most States Have Their Own Value-Based Payment Program

A new report from Change Healthcare found that more than 40 states … Read More >>

Programs for Bundled-Payment Joint Replacement Win Over Surgeons

When administrator Dr. Geoffrey Cole found out last year that his hospital would be participating in Medicare’s mandatory bundled-payment program for total hip and knee replacement procedures, he started meeting … Read More >>

ONC Dials Back Meaningful Use Certification Program

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Thursday revealed two changes to its certification criteria that officials said are designed to reduce the burden on industry and … Read More >>

Study: Value-Based Programs May Harm Practices That ‘Disproportionately Serve High-Risk Patients’

A new JAMA report that reviewed the first year of the Medicare Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier (PVBM) Program found providers who served “more socially high-risk patients had lower quality and lower … Read More >>

New Participants Join Several CMS Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

Numbers demonstrate provider commitment to a health care system with better care, healthier people, and smarter spending. On January 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced over … Read More >>

ICD-10 Glitch: CMS to Relax Physician Quality Penalties

On October 1, 2016, new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets went into effect. Updating these codes traditionally occurs on an annual basis, however, during the immediate years leading up to … Read More >>

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