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MDVIP is an American company, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, that operates a network of physicians. The company's physicians practice preventive medicine and personalized primary-care medicine. The national network consists of 1,100 physicians serving over 380,000 patients in 45 states and the District of Columbia. [1]
Introduced for Medicaid in 1989 and Medicare in 1990, this designation allowed HRSA-funded health centers to receive cost-based reimbursement rates. Covered services included those provided by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical psychologists, and clinical social workers.
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However, providers are burdened by having to maintain their information with multiple networks (e.g., competitors to UnitedHealthcare). The total cost of maintaining these directories is estimated at $2.1b annually, and a blockchain initiative began in 2018 to share the directory. [21]
Within Medicaid, the FMAP can vary. For example, the FMAP for administrative activities is between 50 and 100%. [5] For provider payments, certain populations, programs, and services have enhanced FMAPs, such as the Children's Health Insurance Program, individuals enrolled in Medicaid Expansion, and certain women with breast or cervical cancer. [6]
RHIOs are also intended to support secondary use of clinical data for research as well as institution/provider quality assessment and improvement. [1] RHIO stakeholders include smaller clinics, hospitals, medical societies, major employers and payers. RHIOs are intended to be key to the proposed US Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
Among the physician practices, 16.5% had only one office-based physician in 2016. [3] Physician group practices with 2-4 physicians make up 22.3% of physician offices in the United States, 19.8% have 5-10 physicians, 12.1% have 11-24 physicians, 6.3% have 25–49, and the remaining 13.5% have 50 or more physicians.
Medicaid coverage gap; Medicaid Drug Rebate Program; Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers; Medicaid waiver; Medical necessity; Medical savings account (United States) Medically indigent adult; Medically Unlikely Edit; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010; Medicare for All Act; Medicare Fraud Strike Force