Executive 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...
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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)...
View ArticlePost-Pandemic Access to Telehealth: Highlights of the CMS 2022 Physician Fee...
Last week, CMS announced its final Physician Fee Schedule Payment Policies (the “Final Rule”), which will become effective January 1, 2022. The Final Rule included several updates to Medicare coverage...
View ArticleCMS PFS Emphasizes Health Equity via Payment Policy Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule final rule on November 2 reflecting the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of increasing access to and...
View ArticleHealth Equity Remains a Priority for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid...
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will be taking actions to advance its strategic commitment to drive innovation to support health equity and...
View ArticleCY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Extends Telehealth Benefits
The Big Picture - On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare Program; CY 2022 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B...
View ArticleCMS Releases Final Rule Regarding Payment Policies under the Physician Fee...
Last week, CMS issued a final rule addressing several topics, including changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS) and changes to Medicare Part B payment policies. Key changes include a net reduction...
View ArticleHealth Care E-Note - November 2021
Helpful hints - OIG Updates Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”) - On November 8, 2021, the OIG issued an updated SDP to providers, which included clarifications of existing guidance and...
View ArticleCMS Issues 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 2, 2021, released the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. With a temporary COVID-19 Public...
View ArticleCMS Corrects Inadvertent Omissions in Recent Stark Law Regulatory Amendments,...
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules for the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS Final Rule) and 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient...
View ArticleCMS Revises Stark Law Indirect Compensation Arrangement Definition, Again
The CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule includes further revisions to the definition of the term “indirect compensation arrangement” under the federal physician self-referral prohibition...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - November 2021 #4
Congress - House - House Passes Reconciliation Package - On Nov. 19, the House passed the $1.7 trillion reconciliation package with a vote of 220-213. Votes came the morning after the Congressional...
View ArticlePhysician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2022: What Pharma Needs To Know
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year 2022 rule finalizing changes to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B (the Final Rule) was...
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 servic es. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - December 2021 #1
Upcoming Hearings/Markups - December 8 - House Agriculture Committee, Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Subcommittee Hearing: “Review of USDA Nutrition Distribution Programs”...By:...
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