Value-based care: can we get there with current tools?
By Robert M. Rowley, MD By Robert M. Rowley, MD We are…
Socioeconomic Factors Crucial for Provider Performance Measurement in a Value-Based Paradigm
Healthcare reform established several programs to measure provider performance in an effort…
Future Outlook: Medicare Advantage Plans & Risk Adjustment
All aspects of health care delivery and financing are undergoing change at…
CMS for Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Update
Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was implemented nationwide for Medicare Parts…
Weekly Dose of Top 5 Healthcare Stories You Might’ve Missed
From our partner site, Healthcare Dive, we wanted to share the top 5…
CMS Finds More Than 10% of Payments Paid Improperly
GAO Report Identifies Vulnerabilities in CMS’s Enrollment ProcessTo enroll in Medicare,…
CMS Proposed Payment Changes for Outpatient Procedures
On July 14, 2014, the CMS released its Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective…
7 Ways to Improve Your Readmission Rates
Summary: As most of us are aware, readmissions is a hot topic,…
Are You Ready for Bundled Payments?
CMS just put out a call this month for additional participants in…
Medicare Advantage Cuts Don’t Bite: Health Insurers’ Stocks Rally
Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers for Medicare &…