MACRA is the largest change in a generation for Medicare Part B reimbursement. As we come to the close of the first performance year, it’s a good time to reflect on the changes in 2017 and look ahead ...

Quality payment programmes are fundamental to modern healthcare systems, linking reimbursement to the quality and efficiency of care delivered. These initiatives, including the widely recognised Merit ...

CMS proposed updates to the Quality Payment Program for 2018 last month. The proposed QPP rule, which is updated annually as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and will be ...

The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule includes a conversion factor reduction, expanded behavioral health services, extended telehealth waivers, new Quality Payment Program pathways, and measures to address ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

In a proposed rule released Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services proposes streamlining the current patchwork system of reform used in Medicare payments to physicians. If finalized, ...

A $12 billion budget deficit is forcing California to end its nascent Skilled Nursing Facility Workforce and Quality Incentive Program after just two years — a fate similar programs in other states ...

On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the proposed rule for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), formally titled CMS-1832-P.

A couple of weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an important report that provides insight into a significant contributor of clinicians’ overall Medicare ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services addressed site neutral payments, pain management amid the opioid crisis, and changes to lower the reporting burden of electronic health records, in a ...