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Medicare ACOs: Risk Adjusted Reimbursement’s Mathematical Impossibility (Part 5)

So far in this five-part series on Medicare ACOs, we’ve explored the basics of the concept, the patients’ participation, the fundamentals of reimbursement as well as the provider’s role and incentives.  Recall that we explained in an earlier section that … Read Full Post

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CMS Provides Guidance on 5010 Discretionary Enforcement Period for Medicare Fee for Service

Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) issued an announcement on December 14th regarding its plan for the 90 Day Discretionary Enforcement Period for non-compliant HIPAA covered entities.  According to that announcement, CMS provided a 90 day discretionary period for compliance with planned January … Read Full Post

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