CMS has proposed to begin a Medicare value-based purchasing program in 2013, two years earlier than the reform law requires, according to an American Medical News report. Under President Obama’s ...

Health may be priceless, but healthcare is not. With medical costs on the rise, insurance companies and government payers are increasingly asking pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers to ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

During the CMS Health Equity conference, the “Implementing Health Equity Through Value-Based Care for People in Medicare” session featured a series of expert speakers who shared insights on pioneering ...

Medicare’s upcoming health equity adjustment in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program will reduce disproportionate penalization among safety net hospitals and those serving high ...

While the number of performance bonuses given out by the government for value-based care declined this year, a new report by Humana says it saw 20 percent lower costs for members treated by providers ...