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Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

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Remarkably, the submission rates for Accountable Care Organizations and clinicians in rural practices were at 98 percent and 94 percent, respectively. What makes these numbers most exciting is the concerted efforts by clinicians, professional associations, and many others to ensure high quality care and improved outcomes for patients.

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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

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Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes are introducing new ways for us to provide better care not only for individuals but for entire populations. CMS Launches eHealth. Yet each of these initiatives introduces new challenges for all of us.

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eHealth: Aligning Quality Measurement at CMS

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CMS has worked with partners and representatives from industry to identify and finalize a set of unified quality measures which meet the requirements of multiple programs, such as the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Physician Value-Based Modifier, in addition to meeting EHR Incentive Programs requirements.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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Here goes: the front-loading of the DSRIP program caused dollars to go to PPS sponsors for setting up the program and for checking boxes (literally – “we had a meeting with so-and-so”) to satisfy reporting requirements and subsequent payments. This is likely the paragraph that will get me in the most trouble.