Health Care Provisions in New US Budget Act Explained

On February 9, 2018, the U.S. Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Bipartisan Budget of Act of 2018. While the Budget Act primarily provides stopgap funding for the government operations through March 23, the legislation also includes several dozen...

CMS Holds Second BPCI Advanced Forum

The CMS Innovation Center will be holding a second Open Door Forum to answer questions regarding the BPCI Advanced Model and the Application Process on Thursday, February 15, 2018 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EST). In BPCI Advanced, participants will be expected to...

BPCI Advanced Forum Covers TJR Issues

On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted an “Open Door Forum” webinar for providers interested in the newly announced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). This is a new, voluntary advanced payment model to...

When Will Patients Receive New Medicare Cards?

CMS announced that they will soon begin mailing new Medicare cards that replace Social Security numbers with unique Medicare Numbers. The first wave of new cards will begin arriving in April. CMS will continue the mailings be geographic region through June. CMS...

CMS Announces New “BPCI Advanced” Episode Payment Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced), a new voluntary episode payment model that will test a new iteration of bundled payments for 32 Clinical Episodes (29 inpatient and 3...
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