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January 17, 2025

CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 Accountable Care Organization Initiatives

In a recently released report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) states that the agency has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. As of January 2025, 53...

Policy Snapshot

June 21, 2024

CMS Preparing to Close Program that Addressed Medicare Funding Issues Resulting from Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024. Launched in early March, the CHOPD payments were designed to ease cash flow disruptions...

Caring for the Ages

May 27, 2016

CMS Promises Streamlined, Flexible Program to Replace Meaningful Use

Caring for the Ages

September 28, 2017

CMS Proposes Changes to Payment Models

Caring for the Ages

June 2, 2015

CMS Proposes Mental Health Parity for Medicaid

Policy Snapshot

January 26, 2024

CMS Provides Additional Information on G2211 Code

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an MLN Matters Article on the new G2211 code. AMDA realizes that there have been questions about this code. In our communications, we understand that CMS is also developing an FAQ document. We continue to work closely with other specialty s...

JAMDA

June 3, 2025

CMS Quality Star Ratings for Nursing Homes Change Frequently: A Descriptive Analysis of Trends From 2009 to 2020

Nursing Home Compare star ratings are closely watched by hospital delivery systems, policymakers, and consumers as measures of care quality. However, very little is known about the degree to which nursing homes can or do move between star ratings, what we refer to as performance mobility. This study addres...

Caring for the Ages

December 28, 2017

CMS Releases 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Policy Snapshot

May 16, 2024

CMS Releases 2024 Measure Development Plan Annual Report

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the 2024 Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report, which describes progress in developing clinician quality measures to support the Quality Payment Program (QPP).

Policy Snapshot

July 11, 2024

CMS Releases CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare physician payment schedule. Key issues include the CY 2025 Conversion Factor, Telehealth Services, Advanced Primary Care Management Services (APCM), and Electronic Prescribing for Controlled ...