by keith | Jul 11, 2017 | Medicaid, News and Updates, Waivers
CMS has posted on its website a presentation from May 2016 announcing significant changes to its budget neutrality policy for Section 1115 demonstrations. The policy could restrict states’ abilities to continue or newly implement Medicaid provider payment...
by keith | Oct 27, 2016 | Medicaid, News and Updates, Waivers
Oct. 24, 2016: CMS has approved Vermont’s Medicaid 1115 demonstration program, an important component of the state’s all-payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. The initiative, which also has received funding from the CMS Center for Medicare and...
by keith | Jul 25, 2016 | Medicare, News and Updates
July 25, 2016: CMS Proposes Mandatory Medicare Bundled Payment for Cardiac Care
by keith | Apr 21, 2015 | News and Updates
CMS releases proposed inpatient prospective payment system rule for FY 2016
by keith | Jan 24, 2015 | News and Updates
CMS announces clear timeline for shifting Medicare payment from volume to value, with goal of tying 50% of payments to quality- or value-based alternative payment models by 2018