Summer is here, and the heat is on: barbeques, beaches, and the 2026 CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. Throughout 1,803 pages, CMS is going after the total cost of care in the MIPS and APM tracks of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). These proposed updates and the creation of a surprise new (and mandatory!) […]
Why Health Equity Will Be Measured in Value-Based Health Care
After the first wave of COVID-19 case numbers and deaths in Spring 2020, it was Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago who broke the story of how the virus was distinctly ravaging Black and brown communities with higher hospitalizations and deaths. In Chicago, alone, Black residents were dying from COVID-19 at six times the rate of […]