BC Advantage - 2015 Issue 10

Medicare's Chronic Care Management Program is Good News for Patients and Providers

This innovative program from CMS aims to improve care of patients with chronic diseases and increase practice revenue.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) chronic care management (CCM) incentive program, which launched January 1, 2015, is good news for primary care practitioners and other providers who offer chronic care management. Through this new incentive program, Medicare pays providers for non-face-to-face chronic care management. This is care which they have likely already been providing.The CMS final rule updates payment policies and payment rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. By offering these incentives to...

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