(c) Background on Incorporating Health Equity Data Within the Shared Savings Program Development of a health equity benchmark adjustment builds upon Shared Savings Program policies finalized in the CY 2023 and CY 2024 PFS final rules to advance health equity, including the establishment of the health equity adjustment to an ACO's MIPS quality performance category score (applicable to all ACOs beginning with performance year 2023) (87 FR ( 69838 through 69857 and 88 FR 79114 through 79117)
The interested party provided data from the 2019 Wage Survey of Medical Laboratories which supported an increase in the per-minute rate from the $0.55 finalized in the CY 2022 PFS final rule to $0.64
As stated in the ASPE report, Some of the observed relationship between social risk factors and outcomes may be the result of underlying differences in medical complexity, frailty, disability, and/or functional status
Direct expense categories include clinical labor, medical supplies, and medical equipment
A dialyzer is sometimes referred to as an artificial kidney. [181] To access the circulatory system, several access points may be placed and utilized, including an arteriovenous (AV) fistula, AV graft, and in some cases a central venous catheter
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