Researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation used real-world data to look at the potential impact of Medicare’s new mandatory bundled payments approach, currently called Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement. Their findings are published in the September 2016 issue of Health Affairs. The payment program, which was launched in April… Continue reading The Potential Impact of Medicare’s New Mandatory Bundled Payments
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The Need to Expand Weight Loss Counseling Options
An important addition to the “eat less, move more” strategy for weight loss lies in behavioral counseling to achieve these goals. But research on how primary care practitioners can best provide behavioral weight loss counseling to obese patients in their practices — as encouraged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — remains… Continue reading The Need to Expand Weight Loss Counseling Options
CMS Medicare Quality Improvement Initiatives
On October 6th 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two initiatives to improve the quality of post-acute care. First, the expansion and strengthening of the agency’s widely-used Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes will improve consumer information about individual nursing homes’ quality. Second, proposed new conditions of participation for… Continue reading CMS Medicare Quality Improvement Initiatives