In an effort to provide more effective, more affordable, higher quality health care, 45 commercial, federal and State insurers in seven markets pledged to work with the CMS to give more Americans access to quality health care at lower cost. Under the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative, CMS will pay primary care practices a care management […]
CMS ha issued a proposed rule which provides increased payments for certain Medicaid primary care services. Under this provision, certain physicians that provide eligible primary care services would be paid the Medicare rates in effect in calendar years (CY) 2013 and 2014 (or if greater, the Medicare rate in effect in 2009) instead of their […]
New opportunities that will allow people to more easily receive care and services in their communities rather than being admitted to a hospital or nursing home were announced by HHS, who also finalized the Community First Choice rule, which is a new state plan option under Medicaid, and announced the participants in the Independence At […]
CMS has announced a call for applications for a new ACA initiative designed to strengthen primary care in the United States. Under the Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration, CMS will provide hospitals working with nursing schools to train advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) with payments of up to $200 million over four years to cover the […]