On the evening of November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the CY 2022 final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), which includes final policies for physician services covered under Medicare Part B. The rule also includes policies for telehealth services, the Quality Payment Program, and evaluation and management (E/M) visits. Provisions of [...] Read More
On the evening of December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2021. The rule includes finalized policies related to telehealth, the Quality Payment Program (QPP), care management and others. The rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register [...] Read More
CMS has released the CY 2021 proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). This proposed rule includes policies for payment to physicians as well as Medicare Part B policies. Comments on the proposed rule are due on October 5, 2020. CMS Likely to Finalize Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Provisions in December Typically, CMS releases its Medicare Physician [...] Read More
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final calendar year (CY) 2020 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The rule includes the annual payment update for physicians in the Medicare program and also includes policies for the Quality Payment Program, care management services, and Opioid Treatment Program (OTPs). Provisions of [...] Read More
Tweet This evening, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. In the proposed rule, CMS is updating several provisions, but making significant changes to E/M and chronic care management services, citing greater flexibility and increased accuracy in codifying services. Additional updates in this year’s PFS [...] Read More
Tonight, CMS released the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payment rule for 2018. CMS is finalizing an overall update to physician payments of +0.41%, and the 2018 conversion factor will increase by $0.10, to $35.99 from 2017’s $35.89. Read on for more news…. Coding Policy Change for Biosimilars In 2016, CMS finalized a policy […]
Read MoreOn April 27, 2016, CMS released the anticipated proposed rule concerning the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule. The agency had released a request for information (RFI) in late 2015 to gather input from stakeholders before writing the proposed rule. The Medicare Access and […]
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