apm. what this does is support the participation in certain types of apms. collectively, they are really focused on improving the quality of care and reducing the cost of care. they do that in a variety of ways. we'll talk about that near the end of these slides here. just stepping back the goals when talking about macra and the quality payment program, what are the perspectives we are taking into this from cms angle? what are we trying to do with this tool? this is really a piece of legislation that allows us to fundamentally change what it we pay for care n medicare and set the stage for the country in general. what we want to do is have this cycle where it's evidence-based, we are looking at our stake holder communities and how each move we do affects them, and we want to be sensitive to that so we can all get behind the same goals that we are improving the care and the cost of care for our beneficiaries. there are a lot of ways to do that. we want to make sure we are bringing everybody

apm. so those things, whether data collection search in january. you don't have to collect data in january. next year if you're a physician, your data will count towards reimbursement and high likelihood in the future. so i do envision a delay, though it may not be statutorily permissible. i suspect at the margins where cms has flexibility, that there will be a big push to use that flexibility and to alleviate some of the burden and maybe smooth over things for physicians as implementation goes forward. >> tom, anything to add to that. >> i totally agree with these guys. i think most members of congress who aren't in the weeds on this think i ground through that doc fix for 12 years, got it done with, 97 senators voted for it. i don't want to do that again. most think we're moving on from doc payment, i agree, there may be a delay. i just think they will move onto other issues and not grind back into this legislatively. i don't think this is a major issue legislatively. >> i know it starte

at apm, totte n ha m match kicks off at 1:30pm.ine points clear at the top of the premier league, and today manchester city and arsenal face each other hoping to close that gap. so lots to play for in the top half of the table today. starting with tenth placed bournemouth hosting southampton who are ninth. at 4 o'clock, 5th place tottenham face burnley, who are the only side in the bottom half of the table in action today, they lie 16th having lost four of their last five games in the league. at the same time, it's that game at the etihad stadium. we have played many times, when i was in barcelona and bayern munich. there is a lot of respect. of course, they have quality. arsenal has quality and they always buy the right people. they have fast players in front. they can defend well. they use perfectly the counterattack. so, a good team. this game, we need to defend well together and not be timid every time we get the ball. we need to try to attack, because that is part of our philosophy. that is what you have to do, but you have no

at apm to donate toys the members of the news team and enjoy some holiday festivities. coming up why bruce springsteen made a stop in the mile high any plans to say it was well. the broncos missing a free guys at practice the sports which player miss the rest of the meteorologist dave fraser nice to have the break today look at this a little snow another one with more snow in your pinpoint i... i... i wanted those... no you didn't... hefty slider bags cost less than ziploc. you'll thank me later. oh... you can get up close and personal to music legend that's exactly what 1,080. at the tattered cover big store in denver. handing out autographed books and pugs in turn down. tandoori did not get a part. he made the music scene in the 1970s. you could say bruce springsteen would serve me for. and that just happens to be the title of his brand-new memoir. over 1000 lucky fans who played that 30 to 50. for an autographed book and an opportunity to have their pick taken with a 67 -year-old singer-songwriter. like these five risky friends who call themselves the jersey girls. t

at apm will move into the 20s for actual temperature. we'll be down into the 20s for first thing saturday morning because we will be on the downside is the sunsets on friday. if you are traveling on 81 tomorrow be cautious of that, and we'll see clouds increase. overnight as the winds died down the clouds off cold into the 20s. the last day of 2016 looks typical for this time of year. mid-40s. 12 o'clock new year's eve looking cloudy and dry we should be just fine we do see the snow showers continuing for areas off to the west and as we had through sunday the first of 2017 we get a little warmer and stay dry through much of the day. showers will be approaching late in the day on sunday, but this system gets hung up a little bit and we will brings showers often on a monday. 430 for friday, but remember the feels like temperature will be into the 20s and low 30s for much of the day. the mountain snow showers could see up to 12 inches in some areas in west virginia. a few flurries for areas off to the north and west and a brief snow shower

the headlines at apm. # i don't want your freedom # i don't want to play around tributes to the singersh music — who has died at the age of 53. the chart—topper‘s death has shocked fans around the world. some have travelled to his homes in london and oxfordshire to pay their last respects. i grew up with him, loved him, loved everything. he was so talented and he meant the world to a lot of people. in goring—on—thames, shock and sadness. he may have been an international singing star but, to them, he was just another village resident. today's other stories — russia recovers some of the fragments of a military plane which crashed into the black sea,

this is bbc news, here are the headlines at apm: australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacularharbour bridge. this is the scene live in hong kong, as revellers welcome in 2017. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and in the uk for new year celebrations, after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. hundreds of ordinary people are recognised in the queen's new year's honours along with many of britian‘s 0lympic and paralympic stars, including mo farah,

there are two apm matches today.ying at the etihad, where either team can go second in the table. arsenal lead i—0, through theo walcott. and tottenhamn against burnley also kicked off at four. india are now looking very slim. india batted all the way through the third day in chennai, closing on 39i—a, nowjust 86 behind england's first innings score, as rahulfelljust one run short of a double century. jim lumsden has the details. there has been little falling to sing and dance about in this series. anything they can do, i could do better. after a77 on the first innings, i set about reducing it. it was taken down and some style patel by and rahul. a couple of wickets to fall cheaply. but what about rahul, completing his fourth test hundred. but it was often pedestrian stuff from england in the field. the last thing the captain picked up a bat, he stayed along for days. not this time. but england's frustration was clear. rahul looks certain to make a double century, only getting out on 199 to this dreadful shot. scurri

this is bbc news, here are the headlines at apm: australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacular display of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. this is the scene live in hong kong, as revellers welcome in 2017. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and in the uk for new year celebrations, after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. hundreds of ordinary people are recognised in the queen's new year's honours along with many of britian‘s olympic and paralympic stars, including mo farah, jessica ennis—hill and andy murray. i feel more still like andy murray. feels obviously more normal to me but it's obviously, you know, a big honour and happy with that. nice way to finish or start the new year. at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad. the so—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. 40% of councils in england have no procedures in place to prosecute people who misuse disabled parking permits. in half an hour, reporters. we look back at some of this year's best reports, including a

the headlines at apm: the queen pays tribute to what she calls "unsung heroes", such as carers and volunteers, in her christmas message. i often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. volunteers, carers, community organisers and good neighbours. but she's forced to miss the christmas day church service at sandringham because of a heavy cold. in russia, president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow after a military plane crashes on its way to syria, killing all 92 people on board. a powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of southern chile, triggering a tsunami warning. also in the next hour, in his christmas day sermon the archbishop of canterbury says the last year has left the world "awash with division and fear". pope francis calls for a new effort for peace between israel and the palestinians, at his christmas mass from the vatican. and in half an hour, and in halfan hour, i and in half an hour, i will be looking back at a momentous year in one which has seen tim peake return to earth after his six—month stay in space. good afternoon and welcome to

truck company, said they lost co nta ct owned the truck company, said they lost contact with him around apmy to identify the body. translation: there were stabbed wins on the photo i had been shown. i learnt about the gunshot wounds about the police, who told me that apart from being stabbed, he was also shot. on monday morning, he arrived ahead of schedule at the steel factory in berlin, ready to unload. there was no space and he was asked to come back later. he never returned. a dubious tracker is reported to show that at around 3:45pm, the truck was driven erratically, as if someone was learning to drive it. lukasz urban, it seems, was kept alive possibly until the start of the attack. police have since checked all hospitals in berlin, where victims of the attacks continue to be treated after blood was found, potentially of the suspect. bring us up—to—date on how this is going, trying to find the suspect. so far, police are saying they have not arrested him, so we don't have any details on whether they have found him or not. also the details are few and far between, because what official

the headlines at apm. # i don't want your freedom # i don't want to play around tributes to the singer george michael — one of the biggest stars in british music — who has died at the age of 53. the chart—topper‘s death has shocked fans around the world. some have travelled to his homes in london and oxfordshire to pay their last respects. i grew up with him, loved him, loved everything. he was so talented and he meant the world to a lot of people. in goring—on—thames, shock and sadness. he may have been an international singing star but, to them, he was just another village resident. today's other stories — russia recovers some of the fragments of a military plane which crashed into the black sea, with 92 people on board. also this hour — bagging a bargain in the boxing day sales. shoppers turn out in their droves looking for a deal — it's thought many have stayed at home after already splurging in—store on pre—christmas offers. and coming up in half an hour in a special edition of our world, allan little examines the forces behind the momentous events of the last year and explores th

and it's going to be restored to it >> while most apple stores have the streamlined glass box look, apm has recently been transforming historic buildings into retail space, like new stores in san francisco and london. >> it's great. great for the community. >> not everyone is so sure. >> i wouldn't think that would be a good idea. is it in a historic building? h apple is kind of modern. we don't need many modern things in that area like that. >> if the deal goes through, brown says there will be benefits for more than just apple customers. >> more than half the jobs go to d.c. residents. too, we want to really connect apple into the community, a piece of the river for summer jobs. job training, and computer programming. >> now, it's not a done deal yet. a lease still has to be negotiated and any design changes to the building have to be approved. as for the historical society of washington, d.c. which called this building home, their lease runs for another 80 years. the executive director tells sharing the space with apple and he calls it a great opportunity for the city. coming up at 6

the headlines at apm: the royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, pending a new conviction challenge. german police launch a manhunt for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out a lorry attack on christmas shoppers in berlin, leaving 12 people dead. there are vigils to those who died as the german interior state minister says the tunisian suspect had his asylum application rejected after arriving in the country last year. in london, extra security measures including for the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years, the multi—millionaire property developer who murdered his escort girlfriend. the queen and the duke of edinburgh have delayed their journey to sandringham. buckingham palace says they've come down with "heavy colds". i'm ben brown. fireworks market. huge explosions tear through mexico's most popular fireworks market. at least 29 people have been killed and the emergency services say they expect the death toll to rise. and after dozens of near m

a new investigation by marketplace and apm reports has revealed the u.s. environmental protection agency made last-minute changes to a significant study about fracking in order t to downplay the drililling practice's threat to u.s. water supplies. documents obtained by the news outlets show that less than two months before the five-year study's release, epa officials added text into the executive summary saying the researchers , had not found evidence frackiking had "widespreread systemic impmpacts" on drinking water, even though earlier drafts of the report had, in fact, highlighted directly how fracking had contaminated the drinking water i in more thahano dozen places.. epa officials went on to use that key phrase claiming a lack of widespread, systemic impacts as t the top finding in conferee calls with repeporters, as wells in the press r release accompananying the sdydy's publicication. food and water watch said d the investigation confirms pololitic meddling by the obama administration.. the colombian congress has voted overwhelmingly t to approve a

that will relate to frankly how most physicians are paid under macra when they don't qualify for an apm. so those things, whether data collection starts in january. you don't have to collect data in january. next year, if you are a physician, your data will count towards your reimbursement in high likelihood in the future. so i do envision a delay, even though it may not be a statutorily per miss i believe a and at the margins where cms has flexibility, there will be a big push to use that flexibility and alleviate some of the burden an maybe smooth over things for physicians as implementation comes. >> tom, anything to add? >> i tote little agree with these guys. most members of congress think, i ground through that doc fix for 12 years. we had 90 senators vote for it. i don't want to open thaup can of worms. i think most of them believe we are moved on from the specifics of doc payment. i think they are going to move on to other issues and not want to grind back into this legislatively. i don't think it is likely to come up as a major issue. >> i want to ask one more round of question

the headlines at apm.weapon. a reward of 100,000 euros is offered for information leading to the arrest of tunisian and is amri who has used multiple identities. german chancellor angela merkel is "an arrest soon. the investigations and the insight that we have now into the offence and into the offender that will lead to a success. two men are convicted of manslaughter, after a tipper truck crashed in bath, killing four people including a four—year—old girl. the driver was acquitted, and said his thoughts are with the families. they have never not be in my thoughts, they are constantly in my thoughts. i just hope...

that will relate to frankly how most physicians are paid under macra when they don't qualify for an apm. so those things whether data collection starts in january. now you don't have to collect data in january but next year if you're a physician, your data will count toward your reimbursement and high likelihood in the future. so i do envision a delay even though it may not be statutorily permissible. i suspect at the margins where cms has flexibility, that there be a big push to use that flexibility and to alleviate some of the burden and maybe smooth over things for physicians as plexttation goes forward. >> tom, anything to add to that. >> i just think i totally agree with these guys. most members of congress who aren't into the weeds on this think i ground through that doc fix for 12 years. we got it done with and had 90 centers vote for it. i don't want to open that can of womps again. most think we're moved on from the specs of doc payment. there may be a delay. they'll move on to other issues and not want to grind back into this legislatively. i just don't think it's likely to co