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ACO Reporting- A Patient-Centered Approach

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An ACO (Accountable Care Organization) works for the better care of patients. Consider it as a group that combines hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare specialists for the sake of providing healthcare and is a team in care decisions. This becomes a specific reason for comprehensible improvements in patient care.

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Final Rule Gives Home Health Agencies Breathing Room for HHVBP, Medicare Sequestration

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is that the model will now begin Jan. more room to breathe, Valerie Cornett, chief of strategy and innovation at MAC Legacy, told Home Health Care News. BKD is a Springfield, Missouri-based accounting services firm that provides billing and revenue cycle outsourcing services.

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State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities 

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States are hoping to achieve a number of goals with their MLTSS programs, including increasing access to home and community-based services, promoting care coordination, enhancing quality and beneficiary satisfaction, and mitigating cost growth.

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First Do No Harm

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and Jonathan Blum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – names you may recognize from CMS National Stakeholder Calls. As the nation’s largest payer for health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mission in our National Quality Strategy includes ensuring everyone is safe when they receive care.

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CMS Action to Expand Access to Emergency Care Services in Rural Communities  

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The overall policy goal of this proposed rule is to establish Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to ensure the health and safety of patients who will receive REH services in the most efficient manner possible, while taking into consideration the access and quality of care needs of an REH’s patient population.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

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Promote choice and control for people with serious illness, while taking into account their unique life circumstances; 2. As part of contract and systems oversight, states engage in a range of quality assessment and improvement strategies. Principles for Person-Directed Services and Supports during Serious Illness.

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Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

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With more than 40 percent of births financed by Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed an action plan that corresponds with goals outlined in the White House blueprint. Implement quality and performance initiatives. The U4 modifier is used for both codes. Implement Medicaid Benefit.