MedPAC meeting among next week’s key healthcare events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 2.
Analysis: CBO says surprise-bill legislation reduces the deficit
The possible impact on physician payment rates from the Senate Help Committee’s legislation related to surprise bills has garnered strong support for an arbitration provision from the healthcare industry.
Analysis: CMS releases 2018 QPP participation results
A review of the results of the 2018 CMS Quality Payment Program and what’s increasing the percentage of physicians participating.
Analysis: Results from Medicare’s mandatory joint replacement bundle
A discussion of the results of the Medicare Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program and three keys to implementing a successful PAC management program.
Aug. 5-9: See what events are coming in healthcare
Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Aug. 5.
Analysis: New mandatory radiation therapy payment model
Details about the new five-year mandatory radiation therapy model released by CMS the week of July 8 are reviewed.
Pursuing a Proactive Denials Strategy Helps Resolve Denials and Prevent Recurrence
A look at how one company is partnering with healthcare organizations to use data and technology to address the root causes of long-standing problems, including denials.
Primary Care First Model holds promise but faces challenges
CMS's Primary Care First Model aims to create incentives for primary care physicians to take on risk under value-based payment, but whether it will be successful remains to be seen.
Providers press CMS for details amid lingering uncertainty about new primary care models
The possibility of conflicts between Medicare payment models joined the customary concern about benchmarking details in provider feedback on coming primary care models, an administration official said.
Four key takeaways from Congress’s latest single-payer hearing
Although the first hearing by a healthcare committee on recent coverage expansion proposals was supposed to encompass a range of Democratic bills, national single-payer proposals garnered almost all the attention.