Medicare Physician Payment
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments through May 25 on potential models for direct provider contracting (DPC) with physician practices in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to reduce spending and administrative burden while enhancing quality…
A performance threshold. Clinicians who score above the performance threshold will receive positive payment adjustments on a sliding scale, and clinicians who score below the threshold will receive negative payment adjustments on a sliding scale. CMS will publish the performance threshold prior…
AHA has created a Medicare operating DSH calculator for hospital leaders to estimate hospitals’ operating DSH payments – both the empirical portion as well as the uncompens
The MACRA Physician Quality Payment Program Final Rule for CY 2018 continues a flexible approach to the MACRA's physician quality payment program urged by hospitals, health systems, and the more than 500,000 employed and contracted physicians with whom they partner to deliver care.
In today's rule, CMS finalized a number of policies, including one that will adversely impact patient access to care by reducing Medicare rates for services hospitals provide in new off-campus hospital clinics.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last week vowed quick action on bipartisan legislation to replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula when the Senate reconvenes on April 13. The AHA and hospital leaders also are calling for speedy action.
“We’ll turn to it…
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress continues to negotiate a physician payment fix.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress begins to ramp up discussions about a physician payment fix.