August 11, 2020 On Tuesday, August 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center announced the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model to address disparities in healthcare services in rural communities. The CHART model is a result of President Trump’s Executive Order last week on Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access [...] Read More
Overview On July 10, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule that outlines two new proposed mandatory models: the Radiation Oncology Model (RO Model) and the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model (ETC Model). The proposed rule includes details about the payment, participation, and timeline of each model. Comments on [...] Read More
On July 10, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule that outlines two new proposed mandatory models: the Radiation Oncology Model (RO Model) and the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model (ETC Model). The proposed rule includes details about the payment, participation, and timeline of each model. Comments on the [...] Read More
On Friday, January 18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two new model programs that will be available to Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans in 2020: Part D Modernization Model. The model, which would run for five years, and would be voluntary, would require plan sponsors to take on additional [...] Read More
This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released public comments that were submitted in response to the CMS Innovation Center’s New Direction Request for Information (RFI). This RFI, which was released in September 2017, received approximately 1,000 public responses. The September 2017 RFI had solicited feedback for the Innovation center related to […]
Read MoreAfter finalizing the cancellation of its episode payment and cardiac rehabilitation incentive payment models, many were left wondering whether the Trump administration opposed all bundled payment models, or only those in which participation was mandatory. Today, these questions began to be answered as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new bundled payment program: […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday, August 15, 2017, CMS released a proposed rule that would cancel the planned Episode Payment and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Models, scheduled to begin January 1, 2018, and would make participation in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model optional for hospitals located in some areas of the country. These changes are […]
Read MoreToday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final implementation date for several bundled payment models that were finalized in December 2016. A final rule that included three new episode payment models (EPMs), plus an incentive payment model for cardiac rehabilitation services, and administrative changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement […]
Read MoreToday, CMS announced a delay in the implementation of a recently-finalized regulation that would have created three new episode payment models for inpatient hospital care, established the Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive payment model, and also made technical changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. The final regulation, which was released in December 2016 […]
Read MoreNew Payment Models Are MIPS Eligible Advanced Alternative Payment Models On December 20, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Advancing Care Coordination through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) final rule. These new models add to […]
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