McDermottPlus Check-Up: November 10, 2023
CONGRESS - Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act. The bipartisan package includes Medicare and Medicaid extenders, provisions to expand...
View ArticleCMS Expands Access to Behavioral Health Services; Physician Fee Schedule...
On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year 2024 that will, in part, implement some of the...
View ArticleHolland & Knight Health Dose: November 7, 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 ArticleFinal CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Extends Many Telehealth...
Changes to the Medicare Telehealth Services List Structure and Updates Process - Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluated...
View ArticleRemote Monitoring and Digital Therapies: CMS Updates Coverage and Payment...
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care...
View ArticleCMS Issues CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final calendar year (CY) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on Nov. 2, 2023. The rule, which finalizes policies for Medicare payments...
View Article2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Extends COVID-19 Telehealth...
The CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) implemented several statutory extensions to COVID-19 telehealth waivers and flexibilities, finalized proposed policies, and extended...
View ArticleBehavioral Health: Momentum Continues in the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee...
On November 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule for calendar year 2024 (PFS Final Rule). According to the CMS press...
View ArticleREGS & TURKEY LEGS: The Regs We’re Thankful For
It’s Thanksgiving week, so instead of eating eggs with your regs, you should sit back, relax and reflect on the regs you are thankful for as you eat your turkey legs (or whatever you enjoy on...
View ArticleBreaking Down the Impact of CMS's 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the calendar year 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, introducing policies to bolster primary care, advance...
View ArticleHolland & Knight Health Dose: November 28, 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 Article2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Extends Telehealth Flexibilities
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this month, extended certain telehealth-related flexibilities that were...
View ArticleExecutive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to...
S. 3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 Introduced December 7, 202- This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: Establish requirements...
View ArticleRegulatory Reflections from the Past Year
As 2023 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all the regulations and policies we reviewed this year (and those that we’ll continue to handle next week before the year actually ends). There...
View ArticleLooking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024
Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we...
View ArticleMcDermottPlus Check-Up: January 5, 2024
Congress Returns Next Week to Face Imminent Funding Deadlines. The Senate will return to session on January 8, and the House will return on January 9. Lawmakers face an immediate time crunch on FY 2024...
View Article2024 Outlook: Behavioral Health Trends
Healthcare systems are facing significant challenges in recruiting and retaining talent within the burgeoning field of behavioral health services, primarily due to competition from telehealth providers...
View ArticleNo Congressional Doc Fix on the Immediate Horizon: What Happens Next?
Congress is on its way to extending the stop-gap funding bills into March (and may have already done so by the time you read this). Absent from the legislation to continue funding the federal...
View ArticleDid You Know Medicare Implemented New Provider and Supplier Enrollment...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised certain payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and updated provider and supplier enrollment regulations. CMS...
View ArticleCongressional Action on Physician Fee Cut Up in the Air
In November 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which reduced reimbursement for physician fee services by...
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