Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - July 2021 #5
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee...
View ArticleMedicare Telehealth Update: CMS Releases CY2022 PFS Proposed Rule
On July 23, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) which outlines several proposed changes to...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - August 2021 #2
This week in Washington: House in recess, Senate continues to debate bipartisan infrastructure bill, Senate to pass a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions before they leave for...
View ArticleCY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Proposes Extended Telehealth...
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2022. The MPFS establishes...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - August 2021 #3
This week in Washington: Senate passes infrastructure bill; Senate passes budget resolution with reconciliation instructions; Congress enters recess with House members to return Aug. 23....By:...
View ArticleHealth Care Triage: CMS’s Proposal for New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring...
In the recent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for CY 2022, CMS has proposed adding a new category of reimbursable digital health services with new CPT codes classified as remote...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Steep Cuts to Office-Based Dialysis Vascular Access...
On July 13, 2021 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2022 that could result in potentially...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - August 2021 #4
This week in Washington: House passes budget resolution with compromise, setting up a September deadline for infrastructure bill vote....By: McGuireWoods Consulting
View ArticleThe American Telemedicine Association Again Leads the Industry Commenting on...
Faegre Drinker professionals Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson, Megan Herber, Nisha Quasba and Libby Baney provide ongoing support to the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) policy work. This month, the...
View ArticleAugust Fast Break Recap – CMS Telehealth and RPM Updates
We hosted a very informative Fast Break session last month on CMS telehealth and RPM updates. If you weren't able to join us, the session was led by healthcare litigation associates Jake Harper and...
View ArticleHouse Members Urge CMS Not to Finalize CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Due to...
Last week, over seventy bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter urging CMS to reverse proposed cuts in the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule...
View ArticleOpportunity Economy: Telehealth in the Pandemic - and Beyond
Takeaways: ..Telehealth greatly expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, in large part due to regulatory waivers. Those regulatory waivers aren’t permanent, but lawmakers are evaluating ways to...
View ArticleExecutive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring...
View ArticleAligning Physician Compensation to Achieve Financial Sustainability
After many years of near-inflationary increases in the conversion factor, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shifted the balance of payment between medical and surgical specialties....
View ArticleCMS’s 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Holds in Place Telehealth Physician...
Makes Permanent Telehealth Behavioral Health Rules - CMS published the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on November 2, 2021. The Rule keeps intact CMS’s temporary physician supervision...
View ArticleCMS Releases OPPS and PFS Final Rules
There were no major surprises when the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and physician fee schedule (PFS) Final Rules were released on November 2, 2021, but there are still...
View ArticleCMS Releases 2022 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
On Nov. 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This final rule will take effect on Jan....
View ArticleCMS Finalizes Changes to Clarify Physician and NPP “Split (or Shared)”...
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule which, among other policy and regulatory...
View ArticleKey Telehealth Provisions in the Calendar Year 2022 Physician Fee Schedule...
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule), which finalized several...
View ArticlePhysician Fee Schedule Final Rule Addresses Telehealth, Medicare Diabetes...
On Nov. 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to update the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and address other Medicare Part B issues for Calendar Year (CY)...
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