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This session kicks off The Value Initiative's Virtual Workshop series. Learn the role hospitals and health systems can play in improving affordability and promoting value. Also view the work of AHA鈥檚 effort, The Value Initiative.
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Special Bulletin on CMS鈥檚 Nov. 26 proposed rule aimed at lowering drug prices for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and Part D programs.
The Value Initiative, in collaboration with others across the AHA, will offer in 2019 a series of virtual workshops for members to learn about the issues impacting affordability and value.
The final rule updates physician fee schedule payments for CY 2019 and finalizes several policies to implement year three of the Quality Payment Program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. See the AHA Regulatory Advisory for a detailed summary, key takeaways and AHA鈥
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The payment update for CY 2019 is relatively straight forward; however, the substantial re-design for CY 2020 brings a complex transformation to the field. Overall, we support the design of the new model, which shifts resources to the medically-鈥
Download the Advisory as a PDF below.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2019. The rule also finalizes several policies to implement year three of the Quality Payment Program (鈥
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its calendar year 2019 outpatient prospective payment system /ambulatory surgical center final rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule expands Medicare 鈥渟ite-neutral鈥 payment policies and changes the payment policies for鈥
Robert Kaplan and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School discuss six fundamental practices for value-based health care, which they say aims to improve the outcomes experienced by patients at lower total costs to society.