This morning, the “CMS guy,” as he referred to himself, took the stage to open Day 2 of the 2018 ACDIS conference. David S. Nilasena, MD, MSPH, MS, the chief medical office for CMS’ Dallas Regional Office, shared some insight into the new CMS programs aimed at improving quality and reducing...Read More »
At the 2018 AHA Annual Membership Meeting on Monday, May 7, CMS administrator Seema Verma focused on the agency’s efforts to reduce regulatory burdens and continued move from a fee-for-service to value-based system...Read More »
This report allows hospitals to monitor their baselines period performance for all domains and measures required for the Hospital VBP Program.Read More »
Following the March Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting on ICD-10, CMS released a number of code changes for the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). In addition to code changes, CMS has also...Read More »
As part of the FY 2019 IPPS proposed rule, CMS said they want to require hospitals to publish a list of their standard charges in a machine-readable format online and update them once per year.Read More »
Humana, Inc. launched a value-based Hospital Incentive Program that will pay general acute care hospitals more money for delivering on key quality and efficiency metrics.Read More »
Providers should brush up on their MIPS knowledge and review reporting as the first quarter of 2018 draws to a close, via CMS’ recently released fact sheet.Read More »
