CMS proposed updates to the Quality Payment Program for 2018 last month. The proposed QPP rule, which is updated annually as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and will be ...

The Quality Incentive Payment Program (QIPP) is a state directed payment program (DPP) designed to help nursing facilities achieve transformation in care quality through innovation. QIPP was first ...

A couple of weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an important report that provides insight into a significant contributor of clinicians’ overall Medicare ...

CMS launched an Application Program Interface that makes it easier to share electronic data for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program. In October, CMS revealed the program’s website. The new API, called the ...

Quality payment programmes are fundamental to modern healthcare systems, linking reimbursement to the quality and efficiency of care delivered. These initiatives, including the widely recognised Merit ...

A $12 billion budget deficit is forcing California to end its nascent Skilled Nursing Facility Workforce and Quality Incentive Program after just two years — a fate similar programs in other states ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Funding awarded from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) at Purdue University to assist approximately 6,000 Indiana ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) face unique burdens to comply with CMS’s new quality reporting requirements as summarized in this 2021 MedCity News article. Challenges are particularly acute for ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

A new analysis of publicly available federal data found that, since 2017, the quality of care at these facilities has been ...