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AAHKS Comments on 2018 Updates to QPP

Aug 25, 2017 | Medicare

The CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) that encompasses the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) as established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), is reviewed and updates are proposed by...

US Congress Seeking Input to Reduce Medicare Burdens

Aug 11, 2017 | Advocacy, Medicare

The US House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Health Subcommittee announced that it is seeking input from healthcare providers to find legislative and regulatory burdens in Medicare that can be eliminated or changed. In June, AAHKS members provided input on this...

Mid-Year Look at CJR Feedback

Aug 11, 2017 | Medicare

Navigant, an operational consulting firm in Chicago, is reporting that many of their hospital clients will likely incur penalties this year from Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement reimbursement model (CJR). While preparedness has improved, many...

We Need Your Input on Regulatory Burdens

Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD has invited AAHKS to participate in a roundtable discussion with the Secretary and his senior staff to identify and discuss regulatory burdens imposed on physicians by HHS/CMS that interfere or have the potential to...

CMS to Award $100 Million to Small Practices

Feb 24, 2017 | Medicare, Performance Measures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $20 million to 11 organizations for the first year of a five-year program to provide on-the-ground training and education about the Quality Payment Program for clinicians in individual or...

CMS Announces More APMs

Dec 22, 2016 | Legislation, Medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced more new opportunities for clinicians to join Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to improve care and earn additional incentive payments under the Quality Payment Program, which implements the...