CMS Revises Medicare Shared Savings Program's Performance Benchmarking...
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings...
View ArticleCMS Publishes Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule—Key Takeaways For...
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“2023 Fee Schedule”). Although the 2023 Fee Schedule most notably...
View ArticleCMS Finalizes Changes for Telehealth Services for 2023
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. As finalized, some of the most significant telehealth...
View ArticleMedicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Physician...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its annual final rules related to both the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems for...
View ArticleDelay to 2023 MPFS payment cuts introduced in Congress
US Representatives Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) and Ami Bera, M.D, (D-Calif.) have introduced legislation to forestall some of the payment reductions that are imminent as a result of the CY 2023 final...
View ArticleNew Reimbursement Rules Will Likely Impact Digital Health and Telemedicine
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. CMS publishes a PFS annually so as to make changes in federal...
View Article2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Supports Health Equity Through...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (the “final rule”), with most changes becoming effective January 1,...
View ArticleCY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Medicare Telehealth Update
On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule), which will take effect January 1, 2023. The Final...
View ArticleCY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Medicare Provider and Medicare...
On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule), implementing certain updates and policy changes for Medicare...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - December 2022 #2
This Week in Washington: All Efforts Are on Funding the Government Through the Rest of the Fiscal Year......By: McGuireWoods Consulting
View ArticleHealth Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Part 1...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328) (referred to hereafter as 2023 CAA) runs more than 1,600 pages long in the official PDF version, so you would be excused if you missed a few key...
View ArticleDialysis & Nephrology Digest - January 2023
Federal omnibus spending bill rolls back some Medicare payment cuts scheduled for 2023, 2024 - Buried within the $1.7-trillion spending package signed by the President on Dec. 29 was partial relief for...
View ArticleMedicare Compliance Basics: “Incident to” Billing
Editor’s Note: We are excited to announce that this article is the first of a series addressing Medicare Part B’s “incident to” billing requirements, designed to give practical guidance and orientation...
View ArticleThe Public Health Emergency Is Finally (Almost) Over: What Does That Mean for...
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, which is less than three months away. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and...
View ArticleKey Takeaways from the Foley/PYA “Let’s Talk Compliance” 2-Day Virtual...
Session #1: State of the Healthcare Industry Effective Compliance Plans and Enforcement Trends - In their discussion of compliance program effectiveness and enforcement, attorneys Kolarik and Waltz and...
View ArticleHigh Screening May Lead to High Stakes for SNFs
In the CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (CMS-1770-F) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) cracks down on the provider enrollment process. Specifically, CMS added Skilled Nursing...
View ArticleCMS Updates List of Telehealth Services for CY 2023
On February 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the revised List of Telehealth Services for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 (List). The List includes the services that are...
View ArticleSpotlight on need to increase Medicare physician payments next year
Much attention was focused this week on Medicare physician payment adequacy. The challenges of rising physician practice costs due to inflation and other factors caused the American Medical Association...
View ArticleHolland & Knight Health Dose: April 18, 2023
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This...
View ArticleMcDermottPlus Check-Up: July 7, 2023
The House and Senate are in recess and will return next week to resume healthcare activity. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is seeking feedback on a staff-level...
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