For ACOs that are currently participating in the Shared Savings Program and that reinvest their earned shared savings payments in activities that reduce costs and improve quality of care, it could be more valuable to gain access to those shared savings payments early in and/or throughout each performance year, instead of waiting months after the end of each performance year when any earned shared savings payments are distributed
In addition, CMS is evaluating all available options to ensure manufacturers' timely compliance with their rebate payment obligations, including, without limitation, potential recovery approaches and enforcement actions
We note that the impact of the conversion factor on this proposed reduction in spending associated with this policy is redistributed across the PFS via an increase in the budget neutrality adjustment to the conversion factor
Since June 9, 2016, Californias definition of tobacco product includes electronic smoking devices, their components, and even non-nicotine vape liquids when sold separately
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