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June 8, 2016
Published by Liz Vogt at June 8, 2016
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Delivery and Payment System Reform: A Movement to Value-Based Care The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) was bipartisan legislation signed into law in April 2015 to permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), streamline physician quality reporting programs, and provide incentive payments for physician participation in alternative payment models. MACRA sunsets the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the Value-Based Payment Modifier, and the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program and establishes an umbrella Quality Payment Program (QPP) with two new pathways for payment: 1. Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and 2. Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs). In April 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to begin the […]
May 31, 2016
Published by Liz Vogt at May 31, 2016
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News and noteworthy information for May 2016: Changing the Way You Get Paid – CMS Issues Proposed MACRA Rule CMS Issues 2017 Proposed Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Rule Senate Finance Committee Issues Report on PODs House E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing on Health Care Solutions CMS Releases Third Annual Physician and Other Supplier Utilization and Payment Data Files Noridian Draft LCD for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing Changing the Way You Get Paid – CMS Issues Proposed MACRA Rule On April 27, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to begin implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA was bipartisan legislation signed into law in the spring of 2015 to permanently […]
May 2, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristy Radcliffe Phone: +1 (630) 375-1432 Email: Kristy@isass.org Domagoj Coric, MD named to Board of International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Aurora, Ill. – May 2, 2016 – Neurological spine surgeon Domagoj Coric, MD of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA became the newest member of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Board of Directors. The announcement was made at the Society’s 2016 annual meeting April 6-8 in Las Vegas, NV. “I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to serve on the ISASS Board,” Dr. Coric said. “I have dedicated my career to enhancing quality treatment options for spine patients through research and superior clinical care; I am fully dedicated […]
April 29, 2016
Published by Liz Vogt at April 29, 2016
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News and noteworthy information for April 2016: ISASS16 Advocacy Survey Extended Open Payments Physician Review and Dispute Period: April 1 – May 15 FDA Panel Issues Recommendations for Medical Device Evaluation System NIH Clinical Center: 3-D Imaging in Children and Adults with Scoliosis Senate HELP Committee Approves Last Bills of Medical Innovation Package CMS Releases Proposed 2017 Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Payment Rule CMS Releases Proposed Rule Implementing Key Provisions of MACRA ISASS16 Advocacy Survey Extended Several of the sessions at ISASS16 were “interactive”, where session moderators asked attendees to complete short surveys about their own practice. Your answers to these short surveys are important to help shape ISASS advocacy activities in the months ahead. Thank you […]