HealthLeaders Media June 26, 2017
Christopher Cheney

Medicare’s reimbursement system for physicians is emerging as a major driver of change in the healthcare industry.

 

The long journey to establish value-based healthcare business models has taken a giant leap forward this year.

The rollout of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which is linking an ever-increasing share of physician payments for outpatient care to service-value rather than service-volume, is a game changer, according to the presenters of a workshop Sunday at the HFMA-ANI conference in Orlando, FL.

“The turning tide is largely driven by MACRA. It has changed healthcare significantly in terms of moving the mindset toward more value-based reimbursement,” said Max Reiboldt, CPA, president and CEO of Coker Group, a healthcare consultancy based in...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Health System / Hospital, MACRA, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Value Based
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