According to the latest NEJM Catalyst Insights Council survey, a vast majority of healthcare executives, clinical leaders and clinicians said time investment by a healthcare team is the biggest challenge in designing patient engagement into care delivery.
If you are currently offering Chronic Care Management services to your patients, or thinking about starting a CCM program in 2017, CMS has given you more financial incentive to do so, in the form of 3 new billing codes. And to make the program easier to implement and manage, CMS has also streamlined service and reporting requirements.
The impact of Donald Trump’s election on the healthcare landscape is beginning to take shape. Along with his election, the Republican Party has retained control of both houses of Congress and a large majority of state legislatures and governorships.
Medical Economics has a nice summary of the adoption status of the new CPT code (99490) for Chronic Care Management (CCM) launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) almost 2 years ago. Despite the excitement of finally receiving reimbursement for a service that most practices provide for free, only 100,000 patients have been enrolled out of 35 million potentially eligible Medicare patients. The article explores why adoption has been slow, and reasons why starting a CCM...
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