The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2024 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule. Each year, CMS requests feedback on proposed changes to its fee policy, aiming to make these updates by January 1st.

Quality is a foundational tenet of the US healthcare system. Performance measurement provides a standardized approach to prioritize specific clinical or operational outcomes.

Healthcare organizations continue to transition their approach to treating an aging population with a high rate of chronic illness. Payors and providers have ventured further into ambulatory settings where they can leverage more specialties, implement value-based care strategies, and launch tech-based programs, like chronic care management.

There’s an expanding need for health plans to collaborate with physicians and launch large-scale Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs. As the adult population continues to age, 60% of adults and 40% of school-age children already have one or more chronic conditions.

The benefits of adopting remote patient monitoring are mounting. According to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), healthcare organizations are seeing evidence of those benefits through reductions in utilization, readmissions, and on-call visits, as well as increases in consumer satisfaction. RPM procedure claims grew by nearly 1,300% over the last three years.

Data analytics is no longer a luxury for physician groups, at-risk provider organizations, care management service providers, home health agencies, and large health systems. It’s a clinical and business necessity.

This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new advanced primary care program. Called the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, this new initiative will be tested in eight states over the course of 10.5 years, starting July 1, 2024.