June, 2011 - Make Your Revenue Smarter - Page 2

ACA Support to Improve Care Coordination for Nearly 200,000 People with Medicare

From the CMS Fact Sheet: The Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice (FQHC APCP) demonstration project is a new Affordable Care Act initiative that will pay an estimated $42 million over three years to up to 500 FQHCs to coordinate care for Medicare patients.  This demonstration project, operated by the Centers for Medicare […]

New Rule Will Reduce Payments for Healthcare Acquired Conditions

On , in Industry News, by AQ-IQ LLC

From the CMS Press Release: CMS issued a final Affordable Care Act rule that will reduce or prohibit payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers for services that result from certain preventable healthcare acquired illnesses or injuries.  This rule will help reward providers who provide high quality care to people in Medicaid leading […]