Policy and Legislation
Affordable Care Act's fate is coming into question as healthcare organizations move into the new world of value-based care and other advances.
Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. acquired the medication in February 2015 and abruptly doubled the $1,500 retail price.
The new model was unveiled in March to test whether alternative payments would have given incentives to prescribe less costly drugs. CMS withdrew the proposal after a CMMI review.
Agency predicts the new opportunities will mean 25 percent of clinicians in QPP will be a part of the APMs.
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.