Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
Compliance and Value-Based Care
The Evolving Landscape of Behavioral Health Transactions: Insights from Industry Professionals
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
Counsel That Cares - Value-Based Care as a Long-Term Investment
Counsel That Cares Podcast - Value-Based Care and Shifting Away from the Healthcare Fee-for-Service Model
Value-Based Contracting: Is It Right For Your Practice?
Podcast - Counsel That Cares - The Value of Value-Based Cancer Care
Podcast - Noteworthy Value-Based Care Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 140: Dr. Marcus Blackstone, Chief Clinical Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 134: Peter Leventis, CEO, CIMS
Strategic Restructuring for the Future, Insights on Building a Hospice Network From the Ground Up: A Conversation With Mike Milward, CEO of the California Hospice Network
Podcast: What Is the Future of the Acute Care Hospital Industry? - Diagnosing Health Care
Strategic Restructuring for the Future, Succeeding in Value-Based Care: How Hospices Can Collaborate Through Network Models
HealthLaw HotSpot - A Look at Alternative Reimbursement Models in Value-Based Care
Podcast: CMS and OIG Final Rules for Innovating Your Value-Based Payment Program - Diagnosing Health Care
Value-Based Care and Its Impact on Providers
Carsten Beith on The Future of Health Care: Health Care Delivery and Consolidation Trends in 2020 and Beyond - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: the role of payors
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
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
The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained active in Q2 2025, with several sectors including physician practice management (PPM), clinical research, and digital health experiencing continued investment and...more
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
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
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
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
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
“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
McDermott HealthEx convened more than 1,300 of the most influential leaders in healthcare and life sciences. The event emphasized creativity, transformation, and growth, with sessions dedicated to innovation, AI-powered...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
The recent U.S. election has had profound implications for the healthcare industry, prompting industry leaders to reexamine their strategies and day-to-day operations. At the Miami Herbert Business School’s annual “The...more
As the shift toward value-based care continues to transform the healthcare industry, hospitals and health systems are increasingly utilizing incentive-based physician compensation structures. Incentive-based compensation...more
The rising cost of prescription drugs under Medicare continues to pose significant challenges for seniors, a population that relies heavily on consistent and affordable access to medications. This issue underscores broader...more
Bass, Berry & Sims, Deloitte and Harris Williams proudly co-hosted the 14th annual Health Care Investors Conference (HCIC) on October 9 as an associated event of the Nashville Healthcare Sessions conference....more
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
Looking out at the San Francisco skyline from the top floor of the Westin St. Francis on Day 3 of the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the iconic Transamerica pyramid is not too far away. But my mind, being...more
The Nelson Mullins 2023 Value Based Care Conference: Implementing Value Based Strategies, was held on November 2, 2023, at the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. By any definition, the event, which has become an annual “can’t...more
Funding Environment Toughest in 40 Years - The consensus of the four members of a panel on funding and financing healthcare is that the environment is tougher than they experienced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis....more
In this session, panelists focused on the unique challenges and opportunities facing health systems as they move into value-based care (VBC)...more