Analysis: Senate’s Latest Health Blueprint Cuts Costs At The Expense Of Chronically Ill

The latest Senate health proposal reins in costs by effectively splitting the individual insurance market, with healthy people diverted into stripped-down plans and chronically ill individuals left with pricey and potentially out-of-reach options, insurance analysts said. This draft — a fresh attempt by the Republican Party to undo the Affordable Care Act — injects more uncertainty into plans for people with...

Tips for Succeeding at MIPS

With the CMS' Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and value-based care model in full effect, it's important for physicians to understand what MIPS means for their practices, particularly when it comes to understanding what types of technologies are available to help them avoid a negative adjustment to their Medicare reimbursement.

3 Biggest Challenges in Designing Patient Engagement into Care Delivery

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CCM Program Enhancement Overview:

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.