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The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Alternative Payment Models (APMs): Delivery System Reform, Medicare Payment Reform, & the MACRA

(Source – CMS.gov) How does the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) reform Medicare payment? The MACRA

Capitol Gazette Correspondent Amy Rubino sheds light on the question faced by many people aging in to Medicare before electing

(By – Congressman Joe Pitts) “Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private

This article, posted by The National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC), provides insights into the issues advocated by

Motley Fools, Sean Williams takes a look at the concentrated impact of a handful of drugs at the top of

According to Modern Healthcare reporter Bob Herman, it’s sort of a mixed bag of compromises. Read Herman’s report on the

(Source – Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Inspector General (HHS/OIG) Efforts to combat fraud were consolidated and

(Source – AMAC.us) Medicare Advantage Plans must cover all of the services that Original Medicare covers except hospice care. Original

(By Lisa Gillespie for Kaiser Health News) By teaming with community organizations, doctors and hospitals can deliver high-quality care at

(Source – National Institutes of Health) For decades, it was thought that scar-forming cells called astrocytes were responsible for blocking