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May 13-17: See what events are coming in healthcare
May 13—Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of May 13. Highlights include HFMA webinars and another Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webcast detailing the recently released Medicare primary care models. Monday, May 13 Start of submission period…
Bundled payment model begins accepting additional applicants
April 30—Following early withdrawals, the largest voluntary bundled payment program is offering a last chance for new participants to sign up. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently opened enrollment for the second cohort of the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) program. The new cohort of participants will begin in January 2020, the…
Several new Medicare primary care payment models to launch in 2020
Medicare eventually hopes to pay 25% of fee-for-service physicians under one of five primary care models planned for launch in 2020.
Some hospital-employed physicians will qualify for new primary care models
Certain physicians employed by hospitals and health systems will be allowed to participate in new Medicare primary care models that aim to enroll one-quarter of primary care providers.
FY20 inpatient payment rule proposes changes to DSH, wage index
The proposed rule for Medicare inpatient payments could significantly affect uncompensated-care payment and wage adjustments.
Will a quarter of primary care physicians join the new Medicare payment models?
The Trump administration envisions the five coming primary care models that were unveiled this week to include one-quarter of such clinicians. But Medicare advisers and others are split on whether many providers can succeed in the models.
May 6-10: See what events are coming in healthcare
Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of May 6.
Rising healthcare costs to spur little action before 2020, analysts say
Affordability concerns are impacting the healthcare of a growing number of Americans, according to new polling. However, there is little chance that Congress will address that issue before the 2020 election, political analysts say.
Why one insurer is expanding a mental health integration pilot statewide
Early indications of savings and positive provider feedback led one Blue Cross plan to expand statewide a behavioral care telehealth program.
Geisinger clinical effectiveness program credited with stabilizing biologics costs
Biologics comprised less than 1% of Geisinger Health’s claims but were approaching 50% of its total drug spending. That is, until a comparative effectiveness program halted the rapid increase.