The CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final finalized significant changes to E/M coding, including the nursing facility family of codes. The 2023 revisions to CPT evaluation and management services, including those for nursing facility services and...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new actions to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and to bring greater transparency...
On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and...
On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and...
Last week, as their first legislative introduction for the new Congress, Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the Nursing Home Disclosure Act (H. R. 177), bipartisan legislation to improve public disclosure of nursing...
Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another 90 days. The PHE will now remain in place until at least April 11, 2023. HHS continues to note that they will provide...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updated national Medicare physician payment files that incorporate the changes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. Specifically, in response to concerted advocacy by...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted new 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources to the QPP Resource Library . 2023 MIPS Quality Measure Specifications The following documents, which provide...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added a new telehealth indicator on clinician profile pages on Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC) . The new indicator helps beneficiaries and caregivers more easily...
Congress has again acted to provide a longer extension and has officially untied the flexibilities from the existence of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). The omnibus spending bill passed before the end of the year continues the Medicare telehealth...
