March 16-20: CMS deadlines approach amid ongoing cancellations of healthcare finance events
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 16.
March 9-13: HIMSS is among the first wave of cancellations to hit upcoming healthcare finance events
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 9.
CMS proposes extending mandatory bundled payment model for joint replacements
CMS plans to extend the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program with modifications.
Why health plans remain leery of giving quality data to enrollees
Shortcomings in quality data limit its usefulness to enrollees, health plans say.
Dell Medical School: A low-cost approach to increasing colorectal cancer screening in vulnerable patients
A program that sends underserved patients at-home screening tests for colorectal cancer is paying off for Dell Medical School in Austin.
OPPS final rule keeps site-neutral payments and 340B cuts, leaves out transparency requirement
The Medicare OPPS final rule will continue 340B and site-neutral payment cuts but leaves out the requirement to post rates negotiated with health plans.
How Providence St. Joseph Health used variation analysis to engage physicians
Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.
Health plan data helps physicians, but additional insight would improve outcomes
A patient-centered medical home program has fostered collaborative relationships between a health plan and participating providers, but one provider says the program would be even more effective if the data supplied by the health plan were more actionable.
CMS Report Reveals Interesting Statistics on Provider Participation in Quality Payment Program
CMS inaugural report: Most clinicians avoid a negative payment adjustment under MIPS.
A Data-Driven Approach to Physician Performance Improvement
With a data-driven understanding of how and where they can improve, physicians will be eager to close the gap where current outcomes lag behind expected performance.