Gregory Twachtman Archives - Page 6 of 8

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ONC releases draft strategy on reducing EHR burden
December 5, 2018
Comments are sought to help drive direction of reforms.
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Feds call for EHR interoperability. Again.
November 29, 2018
“Patients need to be able to access their own records. Period,” HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said.
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Study: Problems persist with APMs
October 24, 2018
Concerns reported in 2014 persisted into 2018 and were joined by new concerns over the pace of change and complexity as well as issues with two-sided risk models.
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Is CMS becoming more open to PTAC recommendations?
September 20, 2018
Doctors have been puzzled as to why federal health officials have yet to approve a physician-developed APM under QPP.
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FDA issues new REMS for immediate-release opioids
September 18, 2018
For the first time, training will be made available to health care providers, nurses, and pharmacists involved in pain management.
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Penalties not necessary to save money in some Medicare ACOs
September 5, 2018
Groups participating in MSSP were “associated with a mean differential reduction of $302 in total Medicare spending per beneficiary in the 2012 entry of cohorts of ACOs.”
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CMS pushes ACOs to take on more risk
August 10, 2018
ACOs that only take on upside risk generally are spending more money and not generating savings, according to CMS Adminstrator Seema Verma.
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CMS proposes site-neutral payments for hospital outpatient setting
July 26, 2018
Site-neutral payments could save the government – and patients – money on every visit.
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NIH launches HEAL Initiative to combat opioid crisis
June 12, 2018
HEAL will expand Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW), a pilot study that will assess the prevalence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), understand current management approaches, and develop common approaches for larger-scale studies to decide the best practices for clinical care of infants with NOWS.
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CMS floats Medicare direct provider contracting
April 27, 2018
A new request for information seeks input on how such a system might work.