Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. For example, training a predictive model on the general population may be inaccurate when used in a Medicare or Medicaid population.

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p3care

MAY 31, 2024

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. Complying with all these regulations helps in avoiding penalties.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

And some of the highest-performing, most innovative Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the program continue to generate savings by effectively using home-based care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that MSSP saved Medicare $1.8

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2023

These risk-based care models are designed to encourage proactive care, better population health and reduced spending across the healthcare spectrum. To meet that deadline, provider organizations will need technology tools for administering relationships within a value-based network.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its main innovation hub touted a “strategy refresh” on Wednesday. Among its key pillars, the refresh calls for greater payment and regulatory flexibilities supporting the provision of home- and community-based care. Officials from the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lumeris stands out as the only value-based care enablement company with experience working across various patient populations, including those covered by Medicare Advantage, CMMI programs, commercial insurance, and Medicaid.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its objective to enroll all of its Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030. Currently, roughly 13.2 million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are assigned to an ACO.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. The model was another creation of the CMS Innovation Center.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home-based care providers avoiding the shift to value-based care are running out of time and excuses. Home health providers are already under the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, which is, by definition, a value-based care model. “In

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From the next performance year (2021), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) expect different reporting requirements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has recommended changes for ACO reporting criteria. The requirements are somewhat the same as for QPP MIPS.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over the past two years, the seven state teams that participated in the MCH PIP Policy Academy, comprised of officials from state Medicaid, public health, and other relevant agencies/groups (e.g., The state Medicaid agency is in the process of standing up this case management program based on input received during these sessions.

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NASHP

JANUARY 11, 2024

An increasing number of states are authorizing Medicaid reimbursement for CHW services, and many are pursuing braided funding approaches — leveraging Medicaid authorities and other grant funding to create sustainable financing models that cover the array of CHW activities.

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NASHP

JANUARY 11, 2024

An increasing number of states are authorizing Medicaid reimbursement for CHW services, and many are pursuing braided funding approaches — leveraging Medicaid authorities and other grant funding to create sustainable financing models that cover the array of CHW activities.

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NASHP

MAY 10, 2024

Primary Care AHEAD is designed to be tailored to states’ primary care goals within their Medicaid programs, while aligning these goals with Medicare’s primary care strategy that incorporates investments from Medicare. A core aspect is a focus on alignment between payers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, a healthcare provider that is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), ACO participant, or ACO provider or supplier would be deemed ineligible to participate in the program for a period of at least one year.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2023

A June 2022 report from Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) further illuminated the issue, explicitly citing an extension of the financing through state Medicaid programs to drive health IT adoption as a decisive step to addressing gaps in access, outcomes data, and oversight.

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Sheppard Health Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On August 14, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on changes to the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model starting in performance year 2024 (PY2024). The changes came about in response to stakeholder and participant feedback.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

By the time Rinn takes over, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have proposed its home health payment rule for 2024, but the final rule will come after his time at VNAHG has begun. As a long-time member of the VNA family, I heartily welcome this opportunity to help move health care forward for all our communities.”

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Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 11, 2023

On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”).

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 1, 2023

First, admission directly into an NH for an SNF stay is not allowable within traditional Medicare, meaning that admission without entering the hospital requires private payment or Medicaid, for those already eligible. Second, hospital stays shorter than 3 days do not generate a Medicare-covered SNF stay. You can read the full article here.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Created by Section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI; aka The CMS Innovation Center) has been tasked with creating new reimbursement strategies to improve quality and decrease costs. Models should encourage lasting care delivery transformation.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Also based in Dallas, Steward Health Care operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. It is also one of the nation’s largest accountable care organizations, according to the company’s website. ” Tortorella joins the home health industry at an interesting time.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 3, 2022

The company made its first major splash on the public market when it acquired Caravan Health – an accountable care organization (ACO) manager – in February for $250 million. It has recently dealt with a bit of a shakeup, however.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. Edifecs Partners with Empowered-Home to Deliver Automated Prior Authorizations.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“ It’s a marathon, not a sprint ,” said Liz Fowler, Director at the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), during a recent Fireside Chat with NCQA Executive Vice President Eric Schneider.

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Accountable Care Doctors

MARCH 19, 2021

Kimura’s contributions as we chart a course toward care integration, new payment models, interoperability and transparent quality measures.”. Dr. Kimura is a practicing primary care internist with a specialization in clinical informatics.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 16, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decrease the number of Medicare alternative payment models, and instead design models to work together more harmoniously. MedPAC examined rural beneficiaries’ and MUA-based individuals’ access to care. In June 2021, MedPAC recommended that the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Signify Health announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Caravan Health , a leader in enabling accountable care organizations (ACOs) to succeed in value-based care payment. Together, the companies form one of the largest networks of at-risk providers in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The company signed an agreement to acquire Caravan Health, an accountable care organization (ACO) manager, for the price tag of $250 million. “It That’s what our company does for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Medicaid Managed care organizations and provider organizations involved in total risk contracts.”.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. MCO Managed Care Organizations.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Michael Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value-Based Care, Edifecs While the need to address social determinants of health (SDOH) is definitely not new, 2023 marks the first year SDOH is codified into national and statewide value-based payment program mandates.

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p3care

OCTOBER 30, 2020

CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) released the proposed rule for QPP MIPS 2021 via the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Now, it’s time to look into details of (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) CMS-published Proposed Rule. Let’s get started!

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 5, 2022

Exiting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced (BPCI-A) program is another reason for the shift in strategy. This tracks, as Signify continues to see momentum when it comes to its HCS business.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is leading the charge in value-based-care, with recent updates, including the CY 2023 Medicare Advantage Rate Notice to its CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home health providers, and also allow them the opportunity to get more involved in value-based care initiatives.

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GoMoHealth

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While most managed care organizations go to great lengths to comply with Medicaid and Medicare mandates, many are still struggling to meet their goals. Decreased gaps in care and population disparities : closed gaps in care for engaged members of a U.S. Billing, coding, and reimbursement opportunities captured.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Health Fidelity’s technology uncovers insights that enable better care planning and more complete revenue capture; giving health plans and providers the ability to succeed in risk-sharing arrangements across Medicare Advantage, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, and Accountable Care Organization programs.

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