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payments
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Verma defends cuts to navigators and halting risk adjustment payments
Seema Verma, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was on defense on Thursday during a meeting with reporters who pushed her…
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#AHCJ17 panelists wrestle with the unintended consequences of complying with MACRA
Any legislation is bound to have unforeseen outcomes, and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 is no exception, according to two…
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Is value-based pricing doomed? #AHCJ17 session to address this question
Paul Levy, former chief executive of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, recently made a compelling argument in a blog…
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Panel to examine MACRA, the physician payment overhaul law
Given the ACA’s uncertain future, some experts have said that another law, MACRA, could lead the way on provider payment…
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Potential, implementation struggles of health IT highlighted at workshop
Health information technology is fundamental to health care moving forward, said multiple speakers at the Journalism Workshop on Health Information…
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Untying the knots of MACRA
When I think about the forthcoming physician payment and EHR incentive program, known as MACRA, it brings to mind macramé,…
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Getting behind the confusion that leads some to lose their subsidized health insurance
We posted recently about California’s assessment of who was dropping out of the exchange, including the finding that most people…
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Some hospitals slow to adopt new systems of care
We’ve told you over and over again on this blog that the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about coverage. It’s…
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Three CMS proposals would shift basis of payments from volume to value
Announcements from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services last week on rules about bundled payments for hip and knee…
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Medicare ‘doc fix,’ passed by House, shifts some costs to seniors
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2 on Thursday, a bill that would prevent an automatic cut of 21…