Some radiation oncologists may breathe a little easier for now because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided not to cap certain freestanding radiation oncology reimbursements in its Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which was issued November 27. Both the American Society fo...
In the recently issued calendar year 2025 Physician Fee Schedulefinal rule(Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a number of policies related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program (the Program). CMS established...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced its proposed rules for theHospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment Systems, as well as its calendar year (CY)2024 proposed Physician Fee Schedule(“PFS”), ...
In the recently issued calendar year 2025 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a number of policies related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program (the Program). CMS established...
Advances in Healthcare Equity: How the CMS decision to update the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule will expand access to careHailey, JanJournal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship
In its 2023 final physician fee schedule rule released November 2022, CMS finalized a series of significant changes to Medicare’s largest ACO program, the Shared Savings Program (MSSP).Some of the more minor changes included in that rule went into effect in 2023, while the most significant ch...
CMS released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for calendar year (CY) 2024.
Under the physician fee schedule (PFS), average payment rates will reduce the conversion factor by 2.83% in 2025 compared to 2024 rates, resting at $32.35 in 2025 compared to $33.29 in 2024. The PFS final rule eliminates the temporary 2.93% increase in Medicare physician paymen...
On July 13, 2023,CMS issued a proposed rulethat identifies and seeks public comments on a broad array of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Part B payments (the proposed rule). If finalized, the proposed changes would take effect January 1, 2024....
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)issuedits Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) Final Rule. In this post, we sample some key highlights from the Final Rule.For more detail, take a look at ourprevious post, ...