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Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Would Expand Access and Medicare Coverage

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On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) for the calendar year 2025. The Proposed Rule would implement certain provisions of the...more

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Expanded Medicare Telehealth Coverage for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs

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Starting January 1, 2023, Medicare will cover telehealth-based treatment services delivered by federally-accredited opioid treatment programs (OTPs), commonly referred to as “methadone clinics.” This new reimbursement is...more

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New Year Brings Significant Changes to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021 (the Final Rule) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 1, 2020, and published in the Federal Register on December 28,...more

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Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Would Boost Medicare Reimbursement for Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Treatment

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The CMS Proposed Rule to update the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2021, published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 50074), proposes several updates to Medicare payment regulations...more

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CMS Issues Final Rule to Implement SUPPORT Act Coverage and Reimbursement of Opioid Treatment

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On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its final rule outlining changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2020 (“Final Rule”)....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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CMS Proposes Rules to Implement SUPPORT Act Coverage and Reimbursement of Opioid Treatment

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Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual proposed rule outlining potential changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) for upcoming Calendar Year (“CY”) 2020 (“Proposed...more

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Most Restrictive Medicare Enrollment Rules Proposed for Opioid Treatment Programs

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Grounded in the bipartisan Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act designed to "alleviate the nationwide opioid crisis," CMS's proposed...more

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CMS Proposal Vastly Expands Medicare Coverage for Opioid Treatment

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On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took the first steps toward welcoming opioid treatment programs (OTPs) into the Medicare program and expanding Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder...more

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