03/10/2016    

MEDICARE NEWS

Value-Based Milestones Signal Change in Medicare Reimbursement

 

Two aggressive milestones to migrate Medicare providers to value-based healthcare are on the horizon: 

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  In 2016, CMS expects 30 percent of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to be tied to alternative payment models such as accountable care and bundled payments.


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  Also this year, the federal payor wants 85 percent of Medicare FFS payments to be based upon quality metrics.

"If you are a provider, or working with providers who accept Medicare beneficiaries, it's really important to know these changes are coming," advises Elena Tkachev, director of ACO analytics for Collaborative Health Systems (CHS). "It will be the responsibility of physicians to participate in these payments because no matter what happens, this change is coming."

 

Source: Patricia Donovan, Health Information Network  [2/11/16] via Dr. Joseph Borreggine