The Society recently submitted written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee in relation to a recent hearing entitled “Caring for Aging Americans.” The Society’s comments focused around the use of antipsychotics, telemedicine in long-term...
Direct contracting creates a variety of pathways for health care providers and suppliers to take on financial risk supported by enhanced flexibilities. Because the model reduces burden, supports a focus on complex, chronically and seriously ill...
If you are interested in applying for a Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception or Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception for the 2019 Performance Year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), you must submit your...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program website has been recently updated to include 2019 Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive payment details. See the CMS fact sheet for more information.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a webinar on the 2020 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program on Thursday, January 16 from 1 to 2 PM ET. During this webinar, CMS reviews major changes to the Medicare Promoting...
To determine if implementation of Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), designed for hospitals but adapted for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), reduces hospital readmissions after SNF discharge to the community in residents admitted to the SNF...
