The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) on Aug. 1, 2024....more
The goal of value-based care (VBC) is to promote better care for individual patients and improved health outcomes for communities at reduced costs. This is an important and admirable purpose as many VBC stakeholders attempt...more
CMI, CMMI, and Changing the Consumer Experience in the U.S. and China - Case Mix Index: Sitting in multiple hospital, payor and physician organization presentations at the J.P. Morgan healthcare conference this year, it is...more