The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1784-P) Proposed Rule, which includes proposals related to Medicare physician...
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule(PFS) rule. As finalized, some of the most significant telehealth policy changes include: Discontinuing reimbursement of telephone (audio-only) evaluation and management (E...
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 establish...
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2023 extended the coverage of telehealth services for 2023. • Source: Shutterstock The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2023 which extends coverage for some telehealth services that were ...
CMSissuedthe the calendar year 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule with the goal of strengthening primary care and increasing access topreventive services. Under the physician fee schedule (PFS), average payment rates will reduce the conversion factor by 2.83% in 2025 comp...
In the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, CMS codified the JW modifier for wasted or discarded units. Some stakeholders commented that requiring the use of the JZ modifier would cause confusion and increase overhead burden among providers and was unnecessary ...
July 14, 2023 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule to announce rate updates, advance health equity, and expand access to critical medical services — including behavioral health care and certa...
The article presents an overview of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which was issued on November 1, 2012 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and discusses the...
The American Medical Association called CMS’ proposal out Thursday (July 7) to cut doctors’ Medicare payments in calendar year 2023 “harmful” and said it will ask Congress to stop the cuts from being finalized. CMS’ proposed 2023 physician fee schedule includes a 4.42% reduction of the ...
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...