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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-Based Point System

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Announces New Model for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral and Physical Health Care

With the goal of enhancing health care quality and outcomes for individuals with moderate to severe behavioral health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

GAO Report: Medicare Reimbursement Policies Impede Telehealth Adoption

Although telehealth has the potential to improve or maintain quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, payment and coverage restrictions create barriers that prevent providers from fully utilizing telehealth technologies....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: CMS Issues Rule Proposing New Approach to Paying Clinicians for Value and Quality

On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”). Among other things, MACRA: 1) repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate that was applicable to the Medicare Physician...more

Baker Donelson

MIPS: Moving Physician Payments Beyond the Sustainable Growth Rate?

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Medicare continues to transition its primary physician payment methodology from a traditional fee-for-service model into a quality and value-based model. Recently, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015...more

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