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CMS Proposes to Drop Physician Pay Rate 0.08%
After applying the 0.5% payment increase required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and other budget neutrality cuts, CMS estimates a 0.08% decrease in physician payment rates for 2017 compared to 2016, according to the American Hospital Association.
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Measures Added to Hospital, ASC Quality Program
CMS did not propose to add new measures to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Reporting Program for 2018 or 2019 payment determinations, the ASC Association said. However, the agency proposed that seven measures be added for 2020 payment determinations for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
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1.55% Pay Boost Proposed for Hospital Outpatients
CMS proposed to update hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by 1.55% in the calendar year 2017 compared to CY 2016, according to the American Hospital Association .
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CMS Proposes 1.2% Rate Increase for ASCs
CMS has released the 2017 proposed payment rule for ambulatory surgery centers and under the proposed rule, ASCs would see an effective update of 1.2%, according to the ASC Association.
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Outpatient Surgery Staff Members Can Fight Patients’ Opioid Addiction
With 78 opioid-related deaths a day, what can one healthcare staff member do? The answer is plenty, according to a panel discussion at the recent annual meeting of the American Medical Association.
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Re-Engineering Your Case Management Department: It’s Simple, It’s Just Not Easy, Part 2
This month, we will review the elements to be considered when re-engineering an acute care case management model or department.
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CMS Launches Oncology Care Bundled Payment Program
Nearly 200 physician groups and 17 payers are participating in the CMS Oncology Care Model aimed at lowering the cost of cancer care by giving physicians financial and performance accountability for episodes of care involving administration of chemotherapy.
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Health System Takes Part in Bundled Payments to Learn for the Future
When CMS announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, Sentara Healthcare chose to participate in a big way and now has implemented bundled payments across 12 hospitals, covering 180-plus DRGs.
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BPCI Initiative Cuts Readmissions, Costs for Patients Having Cardiac Valve Surgery
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center began a bundled payment project for patients who had cardiac valve replacement or valve repair surgery, readmissions for those patients dropped by 20% and the cost of care decreased at the same time.
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Provider Partnerships Must go Beyond Collaboration, Include Data Sharing
The significant role that post-acute care plays in bundled payments makes it crucial for hospitals to identify providers that perform the best and enter into agreements with them to establish a high-performing post-acute network