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by Vince Kuraitis and Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH CMS has just released the 2nd Report to Congress evaluating the Medicare Health Support (MHS) program. MHS is Medicare’s most visible and significant demo focusing on chronic disease management. We’ve been poring over the report and will provide more detailed analysis and implications later this week. This 2nd Report [...]
I’ve been critical in the past when CMS has been silent in explaining their thinking, so I’ll start this post by congratulating CMS on sharing a flood of details about the upcoming Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project. An email from CMS arrived in my inbox this morning at 2 am. That email notified me that they have [...]
Where would one expect to find CMS’ latest thinking on the upcoming Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project? The obvious answer would be “on the Official CMS MMHD home page ”, but you’d be wrong. CMS has issued a Medicare Medical Home Demonstration Payment Contractor RFP available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Thanks to the [...]
CMS announced today that all 10 participating groups in the Physician Group Practice (PGP) demonstration achieved quality targets, and that the groups are sharing $16.7 million in incentive payments. The program rewards providers for improved outcomes delivered to Medicare patients with congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and diabetes. This goes a long way in [...]
Last week my esteemed colleague Dr. Jaan Sidorov and I conducted a webinar for WRG on Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) developments. The process of updating a PowerPoint forces one to collect one’s thoughts, and I’m glad to share with you the PowerPoint slides along with a few highlights about the evolution of the PCMH. [...]
On behalf of World Research Group, Dr. Jaan Sidorov and I will be conducting a webinar – Patient-Centered Medical Home Model: Overview and Update. The webinar takes place next Monday, July 28 at 12 Eastern. Click here for details. Hope you can join us. Tags: medical home
Earlier this week Healthways issued a press release describing their progress in pursuing a Phase II Medicare Health Support (MHS) project. Read Dr. Jaan Sidorov’s blog commentary for additional background. In brief, Healthways position is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is statutorily required to expand into Phase II of MHS if Phase I is “successful”. [...]
While not providing anything close to the “final answer”, The New York Times does a good job summarizing the onoging Medicare Health Support (MHS) fracas. To borrow from one of my colleagues, it’s more “enlightened ambiguity” about the ultimate fate of the MHS beached whale. Medicare Finds How Hard It Is to Save Money, The New York Times; April 7, [...]
Vince Kuraitis and Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH “If you aren’t confused you don’t know what’s going on.” Jack Welch, former CEO, General Electric Thanks to the continuing opacity of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serices (CMS), we remain confused about the future of Medicare Health Support (MHS). It’s been over a month since we last [...]
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