Because the BCPI Advanced program qualifies as an advanced APM, participants could have access to MACRA’s potential risks and added rewards. The CMS Innovation Center launched a new voluntary bundled ...

On May 24, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was opening a module for Medicare Advantage plans to request advanced alternative payment model (APM) status for ...

Legislative reform recommendations for Congress to consider to further support flexible implementation and widespread participation in value-based and alternative payment models while delivering ...

CMS is offering additional opportunities for physicians and other clinicians to join advanced Alternative Payment Models beginning in 2017 and 2018, the agency announced Tuesday. The advanced ...

Through 2030, Medicare spending under certain circumstances could fall by up to $106 billion on physician services and by up to $250 billion on hospital services as a result of MACRA, according to ...

CMS is eyeing certain changes that could help align quality reporting measures for physicians and hospitals as well as drive more eligible clinicians toward the advanced payment model track of MACRA, ...

On June 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2018 Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) rule. The rule addresses participation requirements for 2018 ...

With all the talk of the Affordable Care Act’s uncertain future, it is easy to forget about the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (“MACRA”), a bipartisan law passed by Congress in 2015 to ...

The comment period on CMS' request for information regarding new value-oriented Medicare payment options under MACRA for physicians and other health professionals has been extended until November 17.

On June 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2018 Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) rule. The rule addresses participation requirements for 2018 ...