Medicare is a federal health insurance program that primarily provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older. Establish in 1965, the program expanded in 1972 to cover younger Americans who have a long term disability. Medicare consists of four different parts: Part A covers inpatient hospital stays, Part B covers physician visits, outpatient services and preventative care, Part C covers the Medicare Advantage program, and Part 4 covers outpatient prescription drugs through contracted plans. Medicare reimbursement rates often play a role in the reimbursement rates that private healthcare plans offer.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation consistently works with policymakers, providers and other key stakeholders to construct and test alternative payment and delivery models. Medicare has tested a variety of new models, most of which focus on shifting the emphasis to quality care and provide incentives for hospitals and providers to lower spending and decrease cost to patients, while providing higher quality care.
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Addressing Direct Primary Care's Medicare Issues | Physicians Practice | July 10, 2016 |
BREAKING: Slavitt Suggests MACRA Could Be Delayed | Modern Healthcare | July 13, 2016 |
Alternative Payment Model Could be Saving Grace for Quality Improvement | Medical Economics | July 18, 2016 |
CMS Heeds Concerns, Allows ACOs to Join CPC+ | Medical Economics | July 18, 2016 |
CMS Needs to Halt the March to Health Care Gigantism | The Hill | July 22, 2016 |
Slavitt: ‘We’ll Go as Fast as the Evidence Allows Us to Go’ | Modern Healthcare | July 30, 2016 |
Physician Enrollment for CPC+ Begins Today: What You Need to Know | Healio | August 1, 2016 |
16 States to Test Comprehensive Primary Care Program | Health Data Management | August 1, 2016 |
Few Docs Ready for Risk Under MACRA | Modern Healthcare | August 13, 2016 |
Could Medicare’s New Doctor Payment System Endanger Small and Rural Practices? | Washington Post | August 23, 2016 |