by MedBen Analytics | Dec 2, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology, Value-Based Care
MedTech Dive reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has placed the proposed regulation for a mandatory radiation oncology alternative payment model (RO-APM) on its long-term agenda. Originally scheduled for an implementation date as early...
by MedBen Analytics | Oct 21, 2019 | Bundled Payments, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), CJR, Lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR), Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Post-Acute Care, Value-Based Care
In a recent evaluation of Performance Years 1 and 2 for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) surveyed participant hospitals on the strategies they employed to improve care coordination...
by MedBen Analytics | Aug 12, 2019 | Bundled Payments, Cancer, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposal for a new mandatory radiation oncology (RO) bundled payment model to begin in early 2020. As MedBen Analytics reported after the announcement, the 5-year model would use Medicare...
by MedBen Analytics | Jul 29, 2019 | Announcements, Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Reconciliation reports
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced earlier this month that it expected to release Performance Year 3 (PY3) reconciliation payments for Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) participants on July 25 to hospitals that did not submit...
by MedBen Analytics | Jul 15, 2019 | Announcements, Bundled Payments, Cancer, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology, Value-Based Care
On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new radiation oncology model to be introduced in early 2020. The model proposal states that CMS would make bundled payments to cover 90-day episodes of radiotherapy services for 17 types of...
by MedBen Analytics | May 7, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CMS, Health and Human Services (HHS), Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Seema Verma, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has indicated that it expects to move away from voluntary value-based payment models. In recent remarks, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma said, “Looking forward, you...
