Recent action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announces significant change in reimbursement methodology for high volume orthopedic surgical procedures in many markets nationwide. Affected stakeholders...more
On August 13, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 2,115 providers are participating in Phase 2 of the Medicare Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative (BPCI). These providers...more
The federal physician self-referral ban or Stark law has been a part of the legal landscape for almost 25 years. The breadth of the law’s prohibitions, its strict liability formulation and draconian remedies have made it the...more
On July 14th, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) latest proposed rule (Rule) introduced a new alternative payment model. The Rule proposes CMS’ latest alternative payment model known as the Comprehensive Care...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
On January 31, 2013, CMS announced the organizations that will be participating in its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. Established under CMS’s innovation authority provided for in the Patient...more
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the health care organizations chosen to participate in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BCPI) Initiative. The BCPI Initiative represents a...more