Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025. It includes a 2.9% cut to physician pay.
The fee schedule includes policies aimed at improving access to primary care and boosting reimbursement for behavioral health, but the pay cut instantly drew harsh criticism...National News
This week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and ranking Republican Mike Crapo (Idaho) released a white paper requesting public input on the Medicare physician payment system, signaling that reform could be included in the year-end healthcare package that is expected to include permanent telehealth expansion.
The paper...National News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) met last Thursday to discuss recommendations for Medicare-related payment rates as Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) gear up to address industry reimbursement in 2025.
The committee recommended raises for the hospitals and physicians but wants lower base...National News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) published its draft recommendations for Medicare's fee-for-service payment policies and largely renewed its call to substantially limit pay boosts for physicians, hospitals and nursing homes.
The draft recommendation includes a recommendation to give physicians a 1.3% pay increase in...CMS Rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS published its proposed physician fee schedule (PFS), which add up to a 1.25% decrease in pay for Medicare physicians for 2024. Physician groups and industry leaders met the news with frustration, with some doubling down on calls to reform the entire payment formula. CMS also posted the...
Congress is moving to address glaring payment issues for the Medicare program; some lawmakers have mobilized by taking aim at the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
For years, there has been an ongoing battle between the Medicare program and physicians who bill the program for payment. Too many options...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) submitted its
March 2023 Report to Congress which included its 2024 payment recommendations for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS), Medicare Advantage (MA) and the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D). This year's report is likely to please no one as the committee took aim at claims of...
Last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) made its recommendations to Congress for Medicare payment rates for hospitals and physicians.
Commissioners made it known that the recommendations were a reflection of the current environment and issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but didn't recommend to raise rates...
