EHRs

The long-discussed CMS Acute Care Episode (ACE) demonstration project will begin in five hospital systems in four states.

Commercial payors are increasingly seeking to eliminate payments for imaging services and are justifying their hiring of outside firms to scrutinize the medical necessity of such exams by saying this area is prone to wasteful spending, according to a report…

In addition to a payment update and four new quality measures, CMS is changing how it pays for imaging services when two or more imaging procedures from an imaging family are provided in one session to encourage greater imaging efficiency.…