The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has announced significant changes to its value-based payment model portfolio projected to save $750 million as part of a shift in the agency's refocused strategy toward...more
4/16/2025
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The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model ("IOTA Model") introduces mandatory financial incentives and penalties for selected kidney transplant hospitals....more
1/29/2025
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Hospitals, physician practices, and other provider organizations are dealing with unprecedented challenges in the present public health emergency following the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Providers can expect...more
The Issue: On June 24, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order, which instructed the Department of Health and Human Services to publish rules requiring hospitals to publicly disclose their negotiated rates for...more