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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) and its Data Quality Atlas tool with Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program data for calendar years 2017 and 2018.
The Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Model will begin Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
Eligible organizations can apply for up to $5 million each to serve as lead organizations for the Community Transformation Track in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model.
The AHA Center for Health Innovation and AHA鈥檚 Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development Navigating a New Reality Virtual Conference concluded today with a keynote session on the future of virtual health Atrium Health鈥檚 Scott Rissmiller, M.D., executive vice president and chief鈥
The National Institutes of Health announced a new public-private partnership, the goal of which is to meet the urgent need for early therapeutic interventions for people at risk of developing schizophrenia.
Many rural hospitals have been challenged with maintaining obstetric services but are now partnering with others to improve birth outcomes for mothers and babies.
Eighty organizations in 36 states and two territories, including some hospitals and health systems, will receive close to $25 million in grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, the Department of Health and Human鈥
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $1.19 billion in total net savings to Medicare in 2019, the third and largest annual savings for the program to date, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance for states on opportunities to advance value-based care in Medicaid, which reviews available federal authorities and 鈥渓essons learned鈥 from early state and federal experiences.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes to fully phase in its new risk adjustment model for Medicare Advantage plans in calendar year 2022, as required by the 21st Century Cures Act, the agency announced yesterday.