Bundled Payment Arrangements for Clinically Integrated Networks
Bundled Payment and ACO Arrangements – Clinically Integrated Payment Methodologies Bundled payment involves an agreement between a provider group and a payor for the management of a defined segment of...
View ArticleFinal Rule Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program Released
CMS Releases Final Revised Shared Savings Program Regulations The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued final regulations revising requirement applicable to Accountable Care...
View ArticleHCQIA and Clinically Integrated Provider Networks
Health Care Quality Improvement Act and Clinically Integrated Provider Networks Clinically integrated networks present unique credentialing issues that are normally not present in hospital or facility...
View ArticleCMS Comments On ACO Participation Agreement Requirements
MSSP ACO Agreement Requirements CMS Comment Describing Provider Agreement Requirements for Participation In the Medicare Shared Savings Program Section 1899(b)(2)(B) of the Act requires participating...
View ArticleACO Primary Care Exclusivity Requirement – Not As Broad As Some Believe
Exclusivity of Primary Care Physicians Under MSSP Rules There has been a lot of confusion across the country about the primary care exclusivity requirement that applies to Accountable Care...
View Article300 Pages of New Regulations Ruining Health Care Attorney Lives Across the...
Mountain of New Regulations Issued By CMS Just a tip to my colleagues in health care law. Do not send these new regulations to printer before giving them an eyeball. They are long and if you share...
View ArticleClinical Integration Readiness Analysis CINs
Are You Ready for Clinical Integration? When we take on a new clinical integration project, one of the first activities we advise is the performance of a snapshot clinical integration readiness...
View ArticlePopulation Health Management and Clinical Integration
Population Health Management and Clinical Integration – The Center of the Reformed Health Care System Population health management is bigger than ever now that health reform has become ingrained in our...
View ArticleCMS Releases Final Rules Under Medicare Shared Savings Program
MSSP Final Rules Revision ACO Requirements Under Shared Savings Program – 2016 Revised MSSP Regulations Issues On June 10, just in time for my birthday (thanks CMS), the Centers for Medicare &...
View ArticleHealth Law Firm Opens Green Bay Office
Green Bay Health Care Lawyer – Opening Office in Green Bay Wisconsin I just wanted to let readers of our health care blog know that Ruder Ware will be opening a Green Bay office and that three Green...
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