Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
HHS Focuses On Value-Based Care for Medicare Reimbursement
During the Federation of American Hospitals' annual policy conference, new HHS Secretary Alex Azar said "HHS is focused on four key priorities: giving consumers greater control over health information through interoperable and accessible health IT; encouraging transparency from payers and providers; using experimental models in Medicare and Medicaid to drive value and quality throughout the entire system; and removing government burdens that impede this transformation," reports law firm Hall Render. "The overall goal of these initiatives is to shift to value-based care." The HHS commentary comes on the heels of the recently launched myHealthEData initiative, which aims to improve data sharing between patient and provider. CMS Administrator Seema Verma, also, highlighted the agency's "Meaningful Measures" program to focus on the highest priority measures for measurement and improvement in the most recent "Patients Over Paperwork" monthly newsletter.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
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Be Part of the Conversation on E/M Documentation Change
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HHS Focuses On Value-Based Care for Medicare Reimbursement
During the Federation of American Hospitals' annual policy conference, new HHS Secretary Alex Azar said [...]
