CMS Announces Proposed Rule for 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”). The Proposed Rule, which...
View ArticleSignificant 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Proposals: E/M, Social...
In this article, we highlight a number of policy proposals in the current year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule that have significant health care delivery and operational...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Updates to Medicare Dental Coverage Pathway
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. This rule addresses changes in Medicare payment policies for...
View ArticleThe MIPS Effect: A Surprise Twist in Estimating Medicare Payments for...
As physician groups and other stakeholders work to finalize comment letters on the calendar year (CY) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed regulation by September 11, 2023, the Centers for...
View ArticleRemote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): A...
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual Proposed Rule updating the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2024, which includes...
View ArticleThe Comments are In! Responses to the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Reg
Time’s up and pencils down! Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed reg were due earlier this week. Now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
View ArticleHolland & Knight Health Dose: October 17, 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....By:...
View ArticleCould a Solution to a Major Medicare Physician Payment Issue Be on the Horizon?
It’s mid-October, which means that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is close to releasing the final calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare payment regulations. CMS is expected to issue...
View ArticleSlow and Steady Wins the Race: Hospitals Should Evaluate Their Split/Shared...
In the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (the Proposed Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a further delay in implementing its time-only definition for...
View ArticleHolland & Knight Health Dose: October 24, 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....By:...
View ArticlePreviewing the Final Hospital Outpatient Medicare Payment Reg
Sharpen your pencils and locate your reading glasses: the final Medicare payment regulations for calendar year (CY) 2024 will be released within the next week. In the last Regs & Eggs blog post, I...
View ArticleIs Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reform on the Horizon?
The decreasing value of Medicare reimbursements for physicians has caught the attention of a group of doctors in Congress. Our Heath Care Group explains how draft legislation would stabilize the...
View ArticleSPECIAL EDITION: It’s a Regs & Eggs Buffet—Scrambled, Over Easy, Fried, Soft...
Hungry for some Regs & Eggs? Well, you are in luck, because this week, the Regs & Eggs buffet is open, with your choice of eggs made any style. Enough regs were released this week to feed an...
View Article2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - Update
CMS issued the Final Rule for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on November 2, 2023, for payments to be effective on or after January 1, 2024. Fee Schedule Link The overall payment rates...
View ArticlePolicy Update - CMS Releases CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions...
View ArticleHealthcare Preview for the Week of: November 6, 2023
GOVERNMENT FUNDING EXPIRES SOON - The government will run out of funding in 11 days, on November 17. The House will continue to work to advance annual appropriations bills this week. However, a...
View ArticleWashington Healthcare Update - November 2023
This Week in Washington: Senate Finance Committee releases discussion draft for Nov. 8 markup; White House issues executive order on AI; House passes two appropriations bills; Senate passes...
View ArticleCMS Extends Virtual Direct Supervision Through 2024
On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended virtual direct supervision—i.e., the ability to provide direct supervision through real-time, audio-visual technology...
View ArticleTop 5 Rules for Medicare 2024 Remote Patient Monitoring and Remote...
On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new policies related to remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services...
View ArticleThe Major Regs Are Out! Will Congress Intervene in of the “Final” Policies?
A few weeks ago, Regs & Eggs discussed the constant give and take between federal agencies and Congress as they both work on overlapping policies and objectives. The major regs released last week...
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