The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its first mandatory shared-risk, outcomes-based payment model, Comprehensive Care for Join […]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its first mandatory shared-risk, outcomes-based payment model, Comprehensive Care for Join […]
In fiscal year 2016, CMS will collect an estimated $420 million in readmission penalties from hospitals under its Hospital Readmissions […]
Cancer is one of the most common diseases in the US with more than 1.6 million patients diagnosed yearly.1 Unfortunately, due […]
Achieving savings in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is no easy task. Participating Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) have to […]
Determining reimbursement rates for CPT 99490 (Chronic Care Management) should be a relatively straightforward process. For traditional Medicare, simply view […]
Transitional Care Management (TCM), which includes both CPT 99495 for moderately complex patients and CPT 99496 for higher complexity patients, […]
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years with the total number of ACOs nearly […]
Part of the standard Chronic Care Management process (CCM) is to develop an evidence-based care plan (or in the case […]
Chronic Care Management (CCM) is a no-brainer for physicians looking to improve quality of care for traditional Medicare patients, but […]
One barrier to Chronic Care Management (CCM) has been the inability to bill for CPT 99490 in facilities such as […]