Tele-Tuesday: CMS Keeps Its Foot on the Gas for Telehealth, RPM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a table copy of its calendar year 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule. The proposed rule is chock full of policy...
View ArticleCMS proposes changes to Medicare rules governing certain Evaluation and...
On July 13, 2021, CMS released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). In addition to the standard proposals related to rate setting for the coming year, the Proposed...
View ArticleMedicare Proposes New Changes for Telehealth Services in 2022
...On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an advance copy of the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed payment rule, to be...
View ArticleCMS proposes changes to Stark Law regulations and Open Payments Program
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). Included in that Proposed Rule are...
View ArticleCMS Addresses Virtual Care Expansion in CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee...
On July 23, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which include several key telehealth and...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Important New Updates to the Sunshine Act’s Open Payments Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule rule (Proposed Rule) on July 13, 2021. Included in the rule are several proposed updates to the...
View ArticleCMS’ Proposal to Expand Telehealth Coverage
On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) unveiled a proposal to temporarily extend Medicare coverage for particular telehealth services granted during the COVID-19...
View ArticleLiving in a Virtual World: The Post-Pandemic Future of Telehealth
As the United States is now more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and as life for many is returning to some sense of normalcy, this is a great time for healthcare organizations to evaluate...
View ArticleAlston & 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...
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