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Quality Payment Program, Year 2

In January, physicians and other eligible clinicians began their second year of Medicare’s Quality Payment Program, established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Governance Effectiveness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP

The key to new payment programs? Data management.

Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety

What rural hospitals need to know about MACRA

Trustee talking points The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rolled out a new Medicare physician payment system. The system will affect payment star
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Rural issues, Strategic Planning

Reimbursement reform: Educating physicians

It was standing room only at a January physician education event in South Carolina as 140-plus providers in the Palmetto Health Quality Collaborative gathered from around the state’s Midlands regio
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Physician Workforce, Workforce

HRET Effort Reduces Infections

Patient safety
Health Information Technology (HIT), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Leveraging Technology

The Ins and Outs of Physician Payment After Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Reform

On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Financial Oversight, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Physician Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Workforce

Rural hospital takes advanced payment path

A rural Oregon hospital, Sky Lakes Medical Center, is jumping into the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Advanced Alternative Payment Models, which are the elite track o
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Rural issues, Strategic Planning

The costs of violence

Violence Report examines cost of community violence Community violence cost U.S.
Health Information Technology (HIT), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Leveraging Technology