Posts Tagged ‘value-based care’
HHS, CMS Announce Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published long-awaited final rules that significantly reform regulations interpreting the federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. The agencies have stated that the changes “aim to reduce regulatory barriers to care coordination and accelerate the transformation…
Read MoreStark Law Reform Put on Hold
It appears we will have to wait until August 2021 for any changes to Stark Law regulations. As we first wrote about last October, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced several changes intended to reduce compliance burdens, while at the…
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CMS Program to Give Providers Access to Medicare Patient Data
In an effort to accelerate the transformation of the nation’s healthcare system to one that is value-based, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), recently launched the Data at the Point of Care (DPC) pilot program. The pilot program, announced by CMS Administrator Seema Verma during a Blue Button Developer Conference, will give healthcare…
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