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ASAM, AMA announce model to improve treatment of opioid use disorder

American Society of Addiction Medicine and AMA announce a groundbreaking alternative payment model that could revolutionize how opioid use disorder is treated.

Press Releases
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4 Min Read

Prediabetes screening, referral can help you succeed in MIPS

Earn points in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System for the work your practice does to identify patients with prediabetes and refer them to evidence-based prevention programs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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April 5, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Controlled substance e-prescribing, new alternative payment models and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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3 Min Read

Bundled-payment agreements: Why definitions matter

How are care episodes defined? Will they include infections developed after a patient returns home? Essential questions to ask before signing up.

Payment & Delivery Models
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5 Min Read

8 provisions that can make or break pay-for-performance contracts

The devil is in the details on how a proposed agreement assigns patients, evaluates physician performance and calculates payment.

Payment & Delivery Models
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5 Min Read

Get answers to 9 withhold questions before entering risk pool

Viewed by some as a relic of the 1990s, payment withholds may be coming back. Here are the top factors that must be spelled out in these arrangements.

Payment & Delivery Models
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2 Min Read

March 8, 2018: Advocacy spotlight on AMA, Anthem try new tack: Working together to improve health care

Working together to improve health care - Read about AMA's work with Anthem.

Advocacy Update
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AMA, Anthem try new tack: Working together to improve health care

They are pursuing an alternative approach to address health care costs, cut administrative burdens and develop new delivery models for high-quality care.

Claims Processing
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3 Min Read

For this clinic, diabetes prevention program is in the house

Frustrated by a lack of DPPs to send patients with prediabetes, this Michigan family medicine practice started its own. Here are the results so far.

Prevention & Wellness