On June 24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a final rule (“Disincentives Final Rule”) establishing disincentives for certain healthcare providers that have committed information blocking. The information blocking disincentives directly impact Medicare-enrolled healthcare providers or suppliers including hospitals, critical access hospitals, MIPS-eligible clinicians, and ACOs. The Disincentives Final Rule has been submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication and will become effective 30 days after Federal Register publication.Continue Reading Healthcare Providers Who Engage in Information Blocking Will Face Disincentives Described in an HHS Final Rule
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New Core Quality Measures Seek to Align Payers and Reduce Burden for Providers
By Jennifer Williams on
Posted in Health Care Reform & ACA
On February 16th, CMS, AHIP, and other Core Quality Measures Collaborative members unveiled new measure sets in an effort to streamline quality metrics reporting across commercial and government payers. The seven new measure sets include metrics for accountable care organizations/patient-centered medical homes, primary care cardiology, gastroenterology, HIV/hepatitis C, medical oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics and…