Tackling risk with bundled payments in Jan. 29 webinar
Jan 07, 2015
Hear from Avalere experts on navigating BPCI milestones in 2015.
Avalere Health welcomes Fuller
Mar 14, 2014
Brian Fuller began as a director at Avalere Health in early March.
Don’t miss a webinar on bundled payments March 7
Mar 03, 2014
Learn the basics of the bundled payment program offered by CMS in a webinar featuring expert Ellen Lukens.
Post-hospital care spending jumps
By
Dave Surico
Dec 03, 2013
Medicare spending on nursing homes, home medical care and other outside care will increasingly come under the government microscope according to a Kaiser Health News/Washington Post report. Widely varied...
ACOs, bundled payment groups ‘becoming the face of American medicine,’ Sebelius says
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 13, 2013
Accountable care organizations and bundled payment initiatives are harbingers of the future healthcare system in the United States, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a speech...
CMS announces long-term care providers participating in bundled payments initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has identified more than 500 healthcare centers, including many skilled nursing facilities, that will be a part of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement...
Not enough applicants: CMS stalls bundled payment initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 22, 2012
Regulators say they are delaying implementation of one of the Affordable Care Act’s bundled payment initiatives due to low applicant turnout.
Health info expert: Time for long-term care providers to raise their hands for inclusion
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 08, 2012
Long-term care providers must collaborate and create partnerships with their acute care counterparts in order to make efficient use of new technology, a health information management expert told listeners...
Questions about ACOs linger among healthcare providers, survey finds
Sep 26, 2011
As the Nov. 4 deadline for healthcare providers to get into the Bundled Payment initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid approaches, healthcare providers are still struggling to figure out new...
CMS announces new bundled payment initiative for Medicare providers
Aug 24, 2011
A new initiative under the Affordable Care Act will provide bundled payments to healthcare providers — including post-acute facilities — to improve the coordination of care of Medicare beneficiaries...