On September 14, 2016, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received CMS’s final rule implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models established in MACRA. CMS had...more
On July 25, 2016, CMS posted a proposed rule that would create three new Medicare Parts A and B episode payment models for patients admitted for care for a heart attack, bypass surgery or surgical hip/femur fracture treatment...more
On June 30, 2016, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch released a white paper examining potential reforms to the Federal Stark law. The white paper, entitled “Why Stark, Why Now? Suggestions to Improve the Stark...more