Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Archives

Will Bundled Payments Lower Costs?

admin2017-02-16T08:00:39+00:00

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began their initiative to tie payments to quality or value earlier this year by implementing their Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Model (CJR). The mandatory program holds hospitals accountable for all costs, processes and outcomes associated with hip and knee replacements performed on Medicare patients. Since hip and [...]

Will Bundled Payments Lower Costs?admin2017-02-16T08:00:39+00:00

2017 Medicare Second Payer Questionnaire

admin2017-01-10T15:46:39+00:00

Dear Valued Client, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires health plans and their contract administrators who process claims for the Plan to keep accurate records as to the Plan's secondary payer status to Medicare and to report this information to CMS with respect to all Medicare eligible employees and beneficiaries (spouses and [...]

2017 Medicare Second Payer Questionnaireadmin2017-01-10T15:46:39+00:00