Alliance for Connected Care Sends Virtual Care Policy Requests to Oz’s CMS – In Fierce Healthcare
Fierce Healthcare reported that the Alliance for Connected Care has sent virtual care policy requests to new CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz asking him to act on digital healthcare regulatory issues. The alliance wrote to Oz Thursday asking him to address issues in digital health regulation that apply to hospitals, hybrid providers and virtual-only providers. The Alliance […]
Sarah Sugar to speak at ACHA | NCAL’s Population Health Management Summit
Sarah Sugar will speak at ACHA|NCAL’s Population Health Management Summit on April 10, discussing Medicare Advantage priorities for the 119th Congress and Trump Administration. Medicare Advantage and PHM: Congressional and Administrative Priorities and Considerations Moderator: Michael Bassett, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, AHCA/NCAL Panelists: Dan Farmer, Principal, BGR Group, Sarah Sugar, Senior Director, Sirona Strategies, […]
House Calls Mean Better Healthcare For Seniors In Medicare Advantage
A lot has been written lately about the return of the house call. Innovative health plans, entrepreneurs and forward-thinking health systems are recognizing that house calls are a compelling example of how we can build a more integrated and technology-enabled health system that treats patients at the right time in the optimal setting. A recent […]
Medicare Advantage Leads the Way on Value-Based Payments
Secretary Burwell’s announcement of a major initiative aimed at driving health care providers in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) to adopt value-based care models is welcome news for beneficiaries, providers and the overall health care system. The initiative focuses on several areas: incentives to promote value-based payment systems, encouraging integration and coordination of clinical services among all […]
It’s Time to Focus on the Value of Medicare Advantage
As a Democratic staffer in the Senate during the debate and passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003, I was concerned about private plans getting more involved in Medicare. Why were we going to pay commercial plans to do what Medicare does? Would favorable risk be taken out of the Medicare risk pool? Would […]
