When the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) passed, CMS established two ways for physicians to be rewarded for providing high-value care through a Quality Payment Program (QPP): the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and advanced alternative payment models. Since the beginning, physicians have been able to participate in MIPS as an individual or as a group—but now they can also participate as a virtual group.

The FDA authorized U.S. marketing of the first blood test with the ability to evaluate concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), in adults, the agency announced in a statement Wednesday.

In addition to routine follow-up phone calls, clinicians are obligated to provide women with a written summary of mammography reports once their results become available, the FDA wrote in its most recent update on the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

When Anthem started pushing outpatient MR and CT scans not considered medically necessary to freestanding imaging facilities in 2017, it upset both radiologists and imaging societies. A hospital group out of Georgia is now suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and Anthem, its parent company, over that very decision and a separate policy related to payments for care provided in the emergency room.

Kentucky expanded Medicaid coverage in 2014, taking its cue from the Affordable Care Act and including individuals and families with incomes up to 33 percent above the federal poverty line. The state’s uninsured rate dropped from 19 percent to 7 percent as a result. According to a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, the move also improved the quality of breast cancer care.

The harms associated with screening for ovarian cancer outweigh its documented benefits, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced today in its first recommendation on the subject since 2012.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced Monday that Michigan’s Sports Concussion Law has been updated and now requires coaches and other adults taking part in youth sports to complete concussion awareness training online every three years.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that, as part of his ongoing “Get Screened, No Excuses" initiative, $37.7 million in funding is going toward improving access to breast cancer screening throughout the state.