The new device is intended to deliver a tympanostomy tube (also referred to as a ventilation tube) through the tympanic membrane of the patient and is indicated to be used in office settings for pediatric patients 6 months and older
We expect that immediate termination of prepaid shared savings during an agreement period, without a possibility of resumption of payments during that agreement period, would be invoked only in cases of serious noncompliance with the requirements of 425.640, including deliberately spending prepaid shared savings on a prohibited use, or when the ACO's actions or inaction poses a risk of harm to beneficiaries or negatively affects their access to care
Population health measures are included in the MVP foundational layer because they capture outcomes important to patients (that is, hospitalizations for acute illness) and thus provide meaningful information to clinicians so they can improve their practice (86 FR 65408)
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Patients using NRT are approximately two times as likely to quit smoking than are those receiving placebo
However, the ACO would have positive beneficiary counts in the 2 performance years that constitute BY1 and BY2 of the current agreement period generated using the ACO's certified ACO participant list and assignment methodology for a given performance year within the current agreement period, which would factor into the denominator of the proration factor if such year was considered
