MACRA is the largest change in a generation for Medicare Part B reimbursement. As we come to the close of the first performance year, it’s a good time to reflect on the changes in 2017 and look ahead ...

Quality payment programmes are fundamental to modern healthcare systems, linking reimbursement to the quality and efficiency of care delivered. These initiatives, including the widely recognised Merit ...

CMS proposed updates to the Quality Payment Program for 2018 last month. The proposed QPP rule, which is updated annually as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and will be ...

The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule includes a conversion factor reduction, expanded behavioral health services, extended telehealth waivers, new Quality Payment Program pathways, and measures to address ...

In a proposed rule released Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services proposes streamlining the current patchwork system of reform used in Medicare payments to physicians. If finalized, ...

On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the proposed rule for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), formally titled CMS-1832-P.

Stakeholders in the Medicare value-based care world have without a doubt heard of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), and alternative payment models (APMs).

A $12 billion budget deficit is forcing California to end its nascent Skilled Nursing Facility Workforce and Quality Incentive Program after just two years — a fate similar programs in other states ...

More than 45 hospitals and another 50 clinics in the Lone Star State will share data and best practices through an HIE platform, giving them important tools to improve care and participate in a new ...