Healthcare DIVE October 26, 2016
Heather Caspi

Dive Brief:

  • HHS released a fact sheet Tuesday detailing progress in its efforts toward delivery system reform, which include finding better ways to pay providers, deliver care, and share information.
  • The sheet states 72 health plans and states voluntarily reporting on the same APM goal reached 23% in their 2015 healthcare spending, according to the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN).
  • It also reiterates the administration’s goal of having 30% of Medicare payments flow through Alternative Payment Models (APMs) by the end of 2016 was met 11 months ahead of schedule.

Dive Insight:

The government has been hard at work pushing for participation in APMs. CMS announced Tuesday new opportunities for participation in advanced APMs, which...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Congress / White House, Employer, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), HITECH, MACRA, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Regulations, Retail care, Self-insured, Telehealth, Value Based
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