Topic
Value-Based Care
134 published works
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Launches Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network
On March 25, 2015, CMS formally launched the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a public-private partnership intended to support HHS’s goal of moving Medicare and the broader health…
Health Care Law Matters
CMS Releases Physician Value Modifier Payment Data
Many physicians are aware of the push by the Medicare program to move away from a fee for service physician payment model to one which recognizes higher quality and lower…
Healthcare Law Insights
HHS makes moves toward value-based payments
On Jan. 26, 2015, Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced the goals and a timeline of the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) to move the Medicare program,…
Healthcare Law Blog
HHS Aims to Tie Most Medicare Reimbursements to Quality by 2018
By Sheppard Mullin, Ethan Stanislawski
On January 26, 2015, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced specific goals and a timeline for shifting Medicare reimbursements from the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, to…
Government and Public Policy
HHS Announces Goals for Moving Medicare from Volume to Value Payments.
By Arthur J. Fried. In what is being called an historic announcement, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced on Monday the setting of clear goals and…
Bridging Business & Healthcare
Surgery Robot Research Highlights Emerging Executive-Level Tension
By Chris Wilson
Tension in the healthcare executive suite continues to rise as our clients face difficult decisions at the intersection of increasing transparency and an emphasis on evidence-based medicine. With the transition…
The Healthcare Investor
“Disruption Breeds Opportunity”: Private Equity Investments and Legal Changes Leading New Developments in the Healthcare Sector
By: Jennifer Wiegele, iGlobal Forum We all know the healthcare sector has changed dramatically with the new implementation of ACA, but the major shift has occurred within the move from…
Health Industry Washington Watch
House Panel Approves Bipartisan SGR Reform Bill
On July 23, 2013, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved legislation to repeal the Medicare physician fee schedule SGR formula and replace it with a period of stable payment…
Triage Health Law
Medicare ACO Rules Near Final Hurdle
The dog days of summer may officially be behind us, but things are just starting to heat up over at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with signs…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Inpatient Hospital PPS, Value-Based Purchasing Program Correction Notices
On July 13, 2011, CMS published a document correcting technical errors that occurred in its May 5, 2011 proposed rule to update the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system and…