On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the annual Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”).1Among other things, the Proposed Rule addresses telehealth reform, particularly around mental health services,...
On November 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published this draft of the final rule regarding calendar year 2022 Medicare program payment policies under the physician fee schedule and other changes to Part B payment policies, Medicare Shared Savings Program requirem...
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 payments as...
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 physici...
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Services.CMS finalized Medicare payment for five remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) codes in the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. In the CY 2023 proposed rule, CMS had proposed four new codes to address concerns about access to RTM services ...
continue to be distant site practitioners for purposes of Medicare telehealth services, CMS anticipates aligning the agency's policy for these services with policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and continuing to make payment to hospitals for these services when furnished by hospital staf...
CMS Releases its CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed RuleMark A. Stanley
medical imaging and radiopharmaceutical manufacturers, innovators and product developers, today voiced strong opposition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to implement ruinous specialty provider payment cuts included in the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule for CY 2021...
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CMS Issues the CY2016 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule: the First Proposed Adjustments Following the SGR RepealLaura E. Little