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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced more new opportunities for clinicians to join Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to improve care and earn additional incentive payments under the Quality Payment Program, which implements the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Beginning in January and February 2017, CMS will open applications for new rounds Continue reading CMS announces additional opportunities for clinicians under the Quality Payment Program→

CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures In 2015, per-capita health care spending grew by 5.0 percent and overall health spending grew by 5.8 percent, according to a study by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published today as a Web First by Health Affairs. Those annual rates continue to be below the rates Continue reading CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures→

  The American Medical Association (AMA) recently applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making substantive changes to the policies in Medicare’s proposed Physician Payment Fee Schedule rule. The announced policy changes adhered to AMA-recommended changes from the proposed rule in areas that will improve patient care and save taxpayer dollars. “This annual policy fine-tuning is an Continue reading AMA Applauds CMS Final Rule on Physicians Payment Fee Schedule→