Health care M&A
“Kicking Off Accountable Care” served as the theme for this year’s America’s Physician Groups’ (“APG”) Spring Conference, a three-day event packed with compelling speakers and breakout sessions focused on the state of...more
After months of signaling that a new strategy was in the works, on May 13, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new strategic direction for the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...more
On March 12, 2025, in one of the Trump Administration’s first actions with respect to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), CMMI announced that it would prematurely terminate four alternative payment model...more
Decisions, decisions, decisions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump Administration will have its hands full making decisions about Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models...more
On April 21, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative – a voluntary, risk-based initiative to transform the Medicare program’s reimbursement of primary care...more
On April 22, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two sweeping new payment innovation models under the Primary Cares Initiatives. The models will seek to incentivize primary care and other...more
Last fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new direction for its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, CMS’s platform for testing innovative models for delivering high-quality care at lower...more
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is seeking ideas on how to better drive change and reduce regulatory burden. CMMI solicited ideas to shape the agency’s future activities through a September 2017 “request...more
CMS recently announced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is interested in lowering the cost of care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions while improving the...more
For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more
In This Issue: - Recent Mandatory APMs Signal Evolution in Delivery Reform Efforts - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Congressional Initiatives - Upcoming...more