Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 10. May 2012 02:42
On May 4, the Massachusetts House of Representatives released its first draft of the Health Care Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Act of 2012 (H. 04070), a long-awaited bill to reform the Commonwealth's health care financing system. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 12. April 2012 07:52
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 10 that it has approved 27 accountable care organizations (ACOs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program authorized under section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 25. January 2012 08:44
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on January 18 outlining key findings and lessons learned from six disease management/care coordination projects and four value-based purchasing projects under Medicare research and demonstration authority, [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 12. January 2012 09:50
Massachusetts received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 20 for the renewal and extension of its MassHealth demonstration waiver program through June 30, 2014. Exemplary features of the waiver program include Delivery System Transformation Initiatives funded through the Safety Net Care Pool. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 12. January 2012 09:43
Governor John Kasich's Office of Health Transformation announced on January 9 that it is launching an initiative in partnership with Ohio stakeholders to change Ohio's public and private health care business models from those based on volume of services to those based on value and performance. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 6. January 2012 03:39
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidelines and application instructions on December 21 for the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration program under section 3024 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 27. October 2011 05:58
CMS issued final rules on October 20 on accountable care organizations (ACOs), the centerpiece of the Medicare "shared savings" program to be launched next year under section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CMS estimates that as many as 270 ACOs could be formed over the next three years... [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 14. October 2011 08:02
CMS announced on October 11 that 37 States and the District of Columbia have submitted letters of intent to participate in pilot programs to test new payment and service delivery models designed to coordinate care for Medicare/Medicaid "dual eligibles." [More]
