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Responses to the PFS Proposed Reg Are In: 10 Major Comments

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McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. September 19, 2024 – Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2025 physician fee...more

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Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Proposes New Quality-Driven Payment Policies

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Within its proposed CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule (the Proposed Rule), CMS is proposing to implement new payment policies intended to advance health equity and support whole-person care. CMS expects these new...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 25, 2024

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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....more

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“Reg Season” is Coming! Preview of the Physician Fee Schedule

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School is out and it is summertime, which means only one thing in the health policy community: reg season! This is the time of the year when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases regulations that propose...more

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Looking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024

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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 think they are still...more

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The MIPS Effect: A Surprise Twist in Estimating Medicare Payments for Clinicians Next Year

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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 Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

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CMS PFS Emphasizes Health Equity via Payment Policy Updates

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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 quality of care and reducing...more

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CMS Issues 2020 MPFS and QPP Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2019, published the Calendar Year (CY) 2020 Final Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The MPFS dictates Medicare rates and policies under Part B,...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Quality Payment Program Updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Part 3

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In this week’s episode, Steve Pine presents the last installment of our three part series addressing the CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule. In this episode, Mr....more

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K&L Gates Triage: Quality Payment Program Updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Part 1

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In this week’s episode, Limo Cherian presents the first segment of a three part series addressing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

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CMS Issues Final Medicare PFS Rule for CY 2019

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On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in pre-publication form the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule for Calendar Year (CY) 2019 (PFS Final Rule)....more

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QPP Year 3 – CMS Continues Implementation with Proposed Changes

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On July 12, 2018, CMS issued proposed revisions to Year 3 of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) in the rule entitled Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019;...more

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CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Payment in 2019

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 12, 2018, published the CY 2019 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). While in previous years regulations for the Quality Payment Program (QPP)...more

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CMS Focuses on a Modern Medicare

Earlier this month, CMS proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program with the goal of “modernizing Medicare and restoring the doctor-patient relationship.” The proposed changes achieve...more

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CMS Issues Proposed Rule with Significant Revisions to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Payment Policies

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On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a proposed rule that includes proposals to update payment policies and rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...more

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Congress Makes Key Changes to Medicare Physician Payment Programs as Part of Short-Term Government Funding Bill

• Congress amended current law to prevent CMS from applying the “MIPS” payment adjustment to separately billed items like drugs and biologics, which will drastically reduce the total amount of payment adjustments to clinical...more

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Dealing with Disasters – Quality Payment Program Exception Available for MIPS-Participating Clinicians and Groups

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simplified the process for clinicians and other providers to seek the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship exception by releasing an online application on Aug. 2....more

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Final Rule Implements Quality Payment Program under MACRA

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If you are a physician, mid-level provider, or work with those providers, then you have been bombarded with new acronyms for new programs and promises to remove older acronyms from your Medicare vocabulary. Medicare...more

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MIPS Performance Scoring: Understanding How CMS Proposes to Calculate Performance Is Key to Preparing for MIPS Participation

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On May 9, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule addressing the implementation of physician payment reforms included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015...more

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MACRA: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

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On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2, the "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015" (MACRA), a bipartisan effort to reform the Medicare payment policy for physician services that adopts a...more

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CMS Issues CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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On July 8, 2015, CMS issued its annual proposed rule outlining payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for CY 2016. In the proposed rule,...more

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