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Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents – Payment Reform MLN Matters® Article — New

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Change of Condition, Transitions of Care
January 6, 2017
An MLN Matters Special Edition Article on The Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents – Payment Reform is available. Learn about a new payment model for nursing facilities and practitioners to incent early...

Apply for Clinical Practice Improvement Activities and Measurement Study by January 31

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
January 6, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a Clinical Practice Improvement Activities Study, as outlined in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) final rule . Clinicians and groups who are...

HHS Finalizes New Medicare Alternative Payment Models

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Cardiovascular Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
January 6, 2017
On December 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that continue the Administration’s progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. This announcement finalizes...

CMS Announces Additional Opportunities for Clinicians under the Quality Payment Program

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
January 6, 2017
On December 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced more new opportunities for clinicians to join Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to improve care and earn additional incentive payments under the Quality...

Upcoming CMS Events

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
December 16, 2016
MACRA 101 Webinar Series — December 16, 20, and 21 December 16, 20, and 21 from 12 to 1 pm ET Join CMS for a webinar series to learn about the development of patient relationship categories for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...

CMS Releases New Comprehensive CJR Model: SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver MLN Matters® Article

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 15, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a new MLN Matters Special Edition Article on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Rule Waiver . The article discusses the...

Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 16, 2016
Enacted August 6, 2015, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act) requires hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to provide notification to individuals receiving observation services as...

Reminder: House of Delegates Resolutions and Delegate Registrations Due January 15th

Policy Snapshot
December 9, 2016
Information on the upcoming meetings, the resolutions process, and checklists to help are available on the Society’s House of Delegates website at www.paltc.org/hod. Need to register delegates? Visit the HoD site as well and click on “Register...

PAs, NPs on Track for Phoenix

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Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Wounds
November 18, 2016
Physician Assistant Annie Zambrano, PA-C, is proud of the role she plays in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. She is looking forward to seeing her family of professional colleagues at the 2017 Annual Conference in Phoenix next March...

Toto, We’re Not in Fee-For-Service Anymore: Alex Bardakh, MPP, Explains MACRA

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
December 2, 2016
It is hard to believe that we spent almost two decades trying to repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that defined how physicians got paid and now, in a blink of an eye, we must get used to a whole new way of doing business. The...