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New Oncology, Primary Care Models Could Offer Risk-Based Avenues for Home-Based Care Providers

Home Health Care

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are taking steps to improve oncology care and primary care this week. While both are not directly related to home-based care, the federal government pushing this should pique providers’ interest.

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care. Overall, regulators have made clear their intention to eliminate barriers to interoperability and provide patients greater control of their healthcare. Thus, VBC sits at a pivotal juncture.

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Disrupting Hospital Price Increases: Using Growth Caps in Insurance Rate Review

NASHP

As major payers of health care for those enrolled in public programs and for government employees, states have a financial interest in and justification for taking action to rein in high prices. Additionally, in their role as market regulators, policymakers recognize the need to protect consumers from unchecked hospital price growth.

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Day 2 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Health Law

Markovich is worried that the healthcare system is losing the public’s trust – which will make it harder to effectively fix our system – while also not delivering the quality of care and accessibility needed by our population. Aledade in 2022 purchased Iris Healthcare to provide advance care planning to its patients.

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care. Overall, regulators have made clear their intention to eliminate barriers to interoperability and provide patients greater control of their healthcare. Thus, VBC sits at a pivotal juncture.

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CMS Releases CY2024 Final Rule for PACE Organizations

Sheppard Health Law

On April 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule updating key regulations pertaining to Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”) (the “ Final Rule ”). Under the Final Rule, CMS is revising the regulation at 42 C.F.R.

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The Stage is Set: California Finalizes OHCA Regulations Requiring Notice and Review of Material Healthcare Transactions in 2024

Sheppard Health Law

At long last, the cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations promulgated by the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) have been approved by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Who is subject to the CMIR process?