News & Analysis as of

Healthcare Value-Based Care Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

McDermott+

The Ambulatory Specialty Model: MIPS, MVPs, and APMs, oh my!

McDermott+ on

Stakeholders in the Medicare value-based care world have without a doubt heard of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), and alternative payment models (APMs). While all these initiatives...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

State-Directed Payments, Value-Based Care, and the “One Big Beautiful” Bill: A Comprehensive Analysis

Among the many sweeping changes to the Medicaid program included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), Congress established new statutory caps on state-directed payments (“SDPs”) in Medicaid managed care. SDPs have...more

Jones Day

CMS Updates Kidney Care Choices Model

Jones Day on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") announced sweeping changes to the Kidney Care Choices Model ("KCC Model"), a key set of value-based programs....more

Jones Day

Medicare's Innovation Center Charts New Direction: Part 3 – Drugs, Devices, and Data

Jones Day on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the third of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding drugs,...more

McDermott+

A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

McDermott+ on

As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CMS Seeks Healthcare Industry Input on Future of Digital Health

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Comments on the RFI, due by June 16, present a rare opportunity to shape future technology standards, reporting requirements, and business opportunities....more

Jones Day

Medicare's Innovation Center Charts New Direction: Part 2 – Digital Health and AI

Jones Day on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the second of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding digital...more

Jones Day

Medicare's Innovation Center Charts New Direction: Part 1 - Providers

Jones Day on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the first of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding health care...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Takeaways from the America’s Physician Groups’ Spring Conference: Turbulent Times Call for Change and Innovation

“Kicking Off Accountable Care” served as the theme for this year’s America’s Physician Groups’ (“APG”) Spring Conference, a three-day event packed with compelling speakers and breakout sessions focused on the state of...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMMI Unveils New Strategic Direction: Preventive Care, Patient Empowerment, and Competition

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced a new strategic direction during a public webinar and accompanying white paper, outlining its evolving priorities under the current administration....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMMI Announces New Strategy

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

After months of signaling that a new strategy was in the works, on May 13, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new strategic direction for the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Summit 2025 Recap

Health Policy Fireside Chat: What to Expect from the New Administration - Bill Mathias, Member at Bass, Berry & Sims, engaged in a fireside chat with Colin Roskey, Principal at FHP Strategies, former Deputy Assistant...more

Benesch

Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - April 2025

Benesch on

ESRD ETC among value-based care models being ended early by CMS - This decision to end the ESRD ETC payment model and several others on Dec. 31 aligns with CMS’ goal to focus on models that demonstrate potential for...more

Jones Day

CMS Innovation Center Announces Cost-Saving Restructuring of Value-Based Payment Model Portfolio

Jones Day on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has announced significant changes to its value-based payment model portfolio projected to save $750 million as part of a shift in the agency's refocused strategy toward...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMMI Signals New Strategy and Terminates 4 Value-Based Care Models

Holland & Knight LLP on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has released a statement on plans to unveil a new strategy focused on "improving the health of Americans through disease prevention via evidence-based practices,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Law Diagnosed – New Year's Gratitude

In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Of Counsel Bridgette Keller invites the Mintz Health Law team to reflect on what they’re grateful for as they prepare for the year ahead....more

Jones Day

CMS Finalizes The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

Jones Day on

The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model ("IOTA Model") introduces mandatory financial incentives and penalties for selected kidney transplant hospitals....more

Ankura

The Impact of the Proposed 2025 Physician Fee Schedule on Parity and Delivery

Ankura on

Healthcare in the United States is undergoing significant changes, particularly in the areas of reimbursement and coverage of telehealth, substance use disorders (SUDs), and mental health services. The proposed 2025 Physician...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Using A Value-Based Enterprise to Integrate Specialists and Primary Care: Taking Value-Based Care to the Next Level

Meaningful progress has been made in value-based care, but the documented advances in reducing costs and improving patient outcomes have taken place predominately in the primary care sector. Significantly less headway has...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Behavioral Health: CMS Innovation Model Outlines Changes for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral and Physical Health Care

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On January 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new innovation model designed to improve quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes for Medicaid and Medicare patients with...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

CMMI Introduces New Multi-State Initiative Focused on Enhancing Primary Care Delivery

CMMI was established to test innovative payment and service delivery models expected to reduce expenditures and preserve or enhance care quality under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Over the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Top Takeaways | Risk-Adjustment Roulette: Strategies for Navigating the Shifting Landscape

McDermott Will & Emery Partner Ankur Goel moderated a panel during the Value-Based Care Symposium that focused on the risk-adjustment landscape and provided insights into how the regulatory environment and contractual...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Home Health and Hospice – A Look at Value-Based Initiatives Underway in 2023

By now, we are all familiar with the concepts of value-based care and the transition away from a payment system built primarily on a fee-for-service reimbursement methodology to a patient centered model that focuses on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Day 2 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

What do Centene, CVS Health-Aetna and Humana all have in common? (Trying really hard not to start off with a “three health plans walk into a bar” joke…). Well, if you were at the 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference,...more

Ankura

Writing a health equity plan? Don't start with your Community Needs Assessment

Ankura on

Many health system leaders are developing health equity plans to participate in new value-based care payment models. The new ACO REACH payment model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has increased...more

31 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide