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CMS Announces Participants in New Value-Based Bundled Payment Model
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 1,299 entities have signed agreements with the agency to participate in the Administration’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement – Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model. The participating entities will receive bundled payments for certain episodes of care as an alternative to fee-for-service payments that reward only the volume of care delivered.
Press releaseCMS Awards Funding for Quality Measure Development
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today awarded seven organizations new cooperative agreements to partner with the agency in developing, improving, updating, or expanding quality measures for Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP).
Press releaseACOs taking risk in innovative payment model generate savings for patients and taxpayers
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an evaluation report for the first performance year of the Innovation Center’s Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model showing promising early results.
Press releaseIntegrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model
The Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model is a child-centered local service delivery and state payment model aimed at reducing expenditures and improving the quality of care for children covered by Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through prevention, early identification, and treatment of priority health concerns like behavioral health challenges and physical health needs.
Fact sheetCMS announces new model to address impact of the opioid crisis for children
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Innovation Center payment and service delivery model as part of a multi-pronged strategy to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. The Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model aims to reduce expenditures and improve the quality of care for children under 21 years of age covered by Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through prevention, early identification, and treatment of behavioral and physical health needs.
Press releaseCMS Empowers Patients and Ensures Site-Neutral Payment in Proposed Rule
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) & Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) proposed rule advances CMS commitment to increasing transparency and lowering drug prices.
Press releaseFeedback on New Direction Request for Information (RFI) Released, CMS Innovation Center’s Market-Driven Reforms to Focus on Patient-Centered Care
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has released the comments submitted by patients, clinicians, innovators, and others in response to the CMS Innovation Center’s New Direction Request for Information (RFI).
Press releaseBundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Voluntary Bundled Payment Model
To better support healthcare providers who invest in practice innovation, care redesign, and enhanced care coordination, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) has launched the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) voluntary bundled payment model.
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