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Medicare Can Do More to Improve Access to Digital Health For Seniors

Smart phones, social networks and internet applications help us communicate with family, friends and colleagues, but they can do so much more to improve our lives. Advances in technology and connectivity offer new methods for monitoring and accessing information about our health and well-being. Earlier this year, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that the Centers [...] Read More

CMMI Announces New, Voluntary Bundled Payment Model

After 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: […]

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