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The program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.
CMS is also removing 34 process measures from MIPS as these measures are topped out, meaning physicians are already performing highly in these areas.
The insurer is expanding its narrow network into new markets by 2019, CEO Bob Sheehy says.
The sector just finished the highest first half of any year since 1995.
Twelve parents declined to take their children - ages 5 and under - with them when they were deported, officials say.
AG Maura Healey wrote a letter to the state Health Policy Commission citing price, care access, competition concerns.
A full 87 percent of those surveyed listed pharmaceutical and biotech companies as having the biggest impact on the cost of healthcare.
AI, Blockchain and visualization are coming to help hospitals make the move to value-based care.
Simplified durable medical equipment bidding will increase access for patients, competition and affordability, CMS says.
This year Navigator organizations will be judged on offering options to the ACA such as Association and short-term plans.