by MedBen Analytics | Dec 2, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology, Value-Based Care
MedTech Dive reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has placed the proposed regulation for a mandatory radiation oncology alternative payment model (RO-APM) on its long-term agenda. Originally scheduled for an implementation date as early...
by MedBen Analytics | Sep 4, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Data Organization, Data Usage, MedBen Analytics, Medicare, Post-Acute Care, Research
A new University of Michigan study reveals that Medicare spends about $60 billion more per year on post-hospital care than private insurance. It’s a disparity that demonstrates the urgent need to find sensible alternatives to the standard fee-for-service...
by MedBen Analytics | Aug 12, 2019 | Bundled Payments, Cancer, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposal for a new mandatory radiation oncology (RO) bundled payment model to begin in early 2020. As MedBen Analytics reported after the announcement, the 5-year model would use Medicare...
by MedBen Analytics | Jul 29, 2019 | Announcements, Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Reconciliation reports
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced earlier this month that it expected to release Performance Year 3 (PY3) reconciliation payments for Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) participants on July 25 to hospitals that did not submit...
by MedBen Analytics | Jul 15, 2019 | Announcements, Bundled Payments, Cancer, CMS, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Radiation Oncology, Value-Based Care
On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new radiation oncology model to be introduced in early 2020. The model proposal states that CMS would make bundled payments to cover 90-day episodes of radiotherapy services for 17 types of...
by MedBen Analytics | May 21, 2019 | BPCI Advanced, CMS, Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
The application period for the second cohort of participants in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model is currently open and will close on June 24, 2019. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting applications...
