The new payer paradigm – the need to deliver higher quality at lower costs to get paid by Medicare – means there’s a real need to change. Everybody’s trying to figure out, ‘how do we do this?'," says Dr. Edward Cohen.
Sometimes, we are so busy with pressing clinical and operational matters that we forget to take the time to review our insurance portfolio and make sure we are covered properly. CAP knows how difficult it can be for our members to meet all the challenges they face, which is why we created CAP Physicians Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned CAP subsidiary.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a proposal that would carry out a major overhaul of its payments for physicians. The proposed rules, released on April 27, stem from a mandate included in last year’s passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).