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Medicare Blunts Incentives & Consequences of its Quality Payment Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its much-anticipated Calendar Year (CY) 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Final Rule. In this final rule, CMS details changes to both the Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) track and the Merit-Based Incentives Payment System (MIPS) track of the QPP. CMS says it expects this program to, “Modernize […]

CMS Finalizes $2.4 Billion Increase in Inpatient Hospital Payments for 2018, Reduces Burdens on Meaningful Use

On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for Fiscal Year 2018. The rule outlines how hospitals are paid for inpatient Medicare stays, starting October 1, 2017. This rule finalizes a number of changes proposed in the IPPS proposed rule issued in April, but does […]

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CMS Finalizes $2.4 Billion Increase in Inpatient Hospital Payments for 2018, Reduces Burdens on Meaningful Use