Payment Reform

On March 17th, CMS announced that it would expand reimbursement for telehealth interactions involving Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic to offset revenue losses.

Reimbursement for healthcare providers is continuing to shift towards increased incentives for quality outcomes and cost management, as insurers (particularly CMS) focus on reducing fee-for-service payments and increasing the amount of risk taken on by providers.  As examples of this, recently, we have seen CMS release its regulations for Value-Based Care Organizations (ACOs), which will […]