Eco_1.docx C799 Healthcare Ecosystems C799 Task 1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicai

eco_1.docx  C799  Healthcare Ecosystems C799  Task 1  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS) has impacted healthcare in many ways and not all positively.  For physicians, the choice of which field to be licensed in has been affected due to the manner CMS operates.  Many clinical students are, at least in part, looking at the reimbursement amount and time when participating with the CMS.  CMS has conditions of participation that include accepting an amount for services that is significantly lower than other methods of reimbursement and takes quite a bit more time for reimbursement.  Because of this, students are choosing to go into medicine specialties as reimbursement is greater.   They come out of school with debt that is mountainous, besides having to pay their monthly living expenses.   Specialists command more revenue.  Therefore, CMS has driven physicians to acquire more debt, by steering towards specialties, to get out of debt faster.    “In order for healthcare organizations to participate in and receive payment from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, [they] must be certified as complying with the conditions of participation, or standards, set forth in federal regulations”  (Oachs & Watters, 2016).  One way an organization can be assured to fall within the confines of CMS is to be accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), or the JC.  CMS recognizes the JCs standards and requirements and accepts them as part of