Practice Management
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Slavitt to Trump administration: Keep the CMS Innovation Center
WASHINGTON – The transition from volume-based payment to value-based payment “can’t work as well without a CMS Innovation Center that can move...
Conference Coverage
Medicaid restrictions loosening on access to HCV therapies
BOSTON – Some state Medicaid directors have started to drop or loosen restrictions on access to direct-acting antiviral treatments for the...
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Meaningful use: CMS extends 90-day reporting period to 2016, 2017
Several meaningful use requirements for doctors and hospitals were eased under the federal regulation that sets payments for the hospital...
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Doctors have at least seven APM options in 2017
Physicians will have several options to choose from when it comes to advanced alternative payment models (APMs) in 2017. In an Oct. 25 release,...
Practice Management Toolbox
Launching a quality improvement initiative
This installment describes the infrastructure, personnel, and structure needed to approach an identified problem within a practice.
Commentary
Letter from the Editor: Value-based reimbursement is here to stay
We now must help CMS devise reasonable linkages that will truly improve patient care, yet keep us in business.
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MACRA final rule exempts many more doctors
Physicians who do not have a large Medicare population or who do not bill much to Medicare Part B will get a bit more breathing room to avoid...
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Access issues looming as more docs eye exit from clinical practice
The percentage of physicians looking for a change in practice environment is up from 43.6% in the 2014 survey, but down from the 50.2% of...
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CMS offering educational webinars on MACRA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a pair of webinars aimed at helping physicians navigate the new regulation that...
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MACRA options offer flexibility for smaller practices
Federal flexibility in compliance with the first year of MACRA reforms is a win for most physicians. The American Gastroenterological Association...