Policy and Legislation
State-based effort is an Innovation Center initiative for clinicians to participate in advanced alternative payment models under MACRA.
California's reimbursements for these dentists have long been among the lowest in the nation, and they have not changed since 2001.
Another 2.9 million renewed their coverage as the deadline for January coverage looms.
"Eligible professionals" will submit eCQM data according to the 2015 specifications for their 2016 fourth quarter reporting.
Vice President Biden joined the president in signing the bill, which passed through Congress with overwhelming approval.
Introduced in House and Senate, bill would allow people who miss initial enrollment deadline to sign up in the fall, coverage would begin the month after they enroll.
Eager Republicans are pushing for a bill to hit President-elect Trump's desk in January, experts doubt timeline.
Patients experienced more than 3 million fewer of these adverse events during that period.
The new models often require practices to take on downside financial risk, which is a lot to ask of an organization with scant resources.
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.