Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP
Members of the House Republican and Democratic leadership this morning unveiled H.R. 2 legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued guidance for critical access hospitals and rural health centers with respect to the Physician Quality Reporting System 2013 reporting year and 2015 payment adjustment. Physicians and other eligible professionals must report certain…
The AHA Friday applauded the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s proposal to shorten the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient experience survey and agreed that the changes would reduce patient and provider burden.
CMS published in the Nov. 13 Federal Register the final rule for calendar year (CY) 2015 with changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) and other revisions under Medicare Part B. Without additional congressional action, CMS estimates that Medicare physician payments will decline by a…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 3 released two proposed rules for calendar year (CY) 2015 - the outpatient prospective payment system (PPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) rule and the physician fee schedule (PFS) rule. In addition, on July 2, CMS issued the End-…
CMS published the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule for calendar year 2014 in the Dec. 10 Federal Register.
AHA Legislative Advisory regarding Discussion Draft On SGR Repeal and Medicare Physician Payment Reform