Dec. 16-20: CMS comment deadlines are among upcoming healthcare finance developments
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Dec. 16.
Analysis: ChenMed moves into new territory
ChenMed’s entrance into new markets will likely have an impact on ambulatory-sensitive ED visits and admissions for underserved Medicare Advantage patients.
Analysis: More options for providers looking to directly contract with employers for episodes of care
Platforms like Carrum Health’s are meeting the demands of employers for higher-value care and the providers who want to meet these demands.
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.
Dec. 9-13: Hearing on proposals to expand government insurance coverage is among upcoming healthcare finance events
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Dec. 9.
Upside-only pay surges as risk-based pay, clinical results remain flat, scorecard finds
Bonus-based value payment models have proliferated among employer health plans, while risk-based payment and performance on clinical quality indicators have not changed significantly, according to a recently published scorecard.
Medicare reopens deadline for providers to signal interest in direct contracting
Primary care physicians will have another chance to apply and participate in the delayed Direct Contracting model with Medicare.
Retailers partnering with healthcare companies to expand access
A review of newly announced partnerships between Walgreens and United Healthcare and Kroger and Ascension.
Dec. 2-6: HFMA Seminars are among upcoming healthcare finance events
HFMA Seminars are among the major healthcare finance events taking place the week of Dec. 2.
Take this job and shove it: 2 PTAC members quit in frustration over CMMI opposition to committee recommendations
The result of CMMI’s reluctance to accept recommendations from the field is one of many factors that stymies the transition to value.