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CMS Forwards Its Health Equity Agenda through Its Annual Prospective Payment System Rulemaking Process

Health Law Advisor

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is using its annual rulemaking process to update the CMS payment system rules for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 as a mechanism to advance health equity systematically across various CMS payment programs.

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Understanding Basics of Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

Medisys Compliance

An Alternative Payment Model (APM) is a payment approach that gives added incentive payments to provide high-quality and cost-efficient care. Many states are taking advantage of Medicaid program flexibility and federal financing to implement APMs in a variety of ways. Types of Alternative Payment Models.

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost two times the average of other high-income countries, while the health outcomes in the U.S. healthcare system were exorbitant.

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost two times the average of other high-income countries, while the health outcomes in the U.S. healthcare system were exorbitant.

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The healthcare executive’s guide to AI

Redox

These enhancements have the potential to not only reduce provider costs, but also prevent errors, advance treatments, and improve health outcomes. AI’s superpower lies in its ability to intelligently mine insights from the exponential amount of health data that is generated every second.

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New CMS Payment Model Aims to Improve Cancer Care

Hall Render

EOM aims to improve care coordination, quality and health outcomes while holding oncology physician practices accountable for total costs of care to make cancer care more affordable and accessible. The MEOS payment will be higher for beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. PGP’s across the U.S.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

of Labor projects 6000 health care job openings per year Negotiations between Local 17 Nurses and Providence St. of Labor projects 6000 health care job openings per year Negotiations between Local 17 Nurses and Providence St. Patrick Hospital to take place at later date St.