Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP

The AHA urges CMS to work with Congress to provide a Physician Fee Schedule payment increase for 2025 and to develop a long-term plan for sustainable physician payment.
AHA comments on MedPAC topics to be considered in the new cycle: the 340B Drug Pricing Program, inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) payments, the physician fee schedule (PFS) and telehealth.
In this webinar, AHA staff discussed the recently released CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. This rule proposes updates to physician fee schedule rates, changes to telehealth services, updates for behavioral health and opioid use disorder, and other aspects of physician…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 issued its physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2025.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) writes to the Senate to provide comment on the request for information (RFI) based on the Pay PCPs Act (S. 4338).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2025.T
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 10 released its calendar year 2025 proposed rule for the physician fee schedule.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Dec. 8 discussed draft payment update recommendations for 2025, which the commission will vote on in January. The draft recommendations call for Congress to update Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by the current law…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 2 issued its physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule for calendar year (CY) 2024. The rule also includes policies related to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP), both of which were created by…
During a legislative markup Nov. 15, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee advanced to the full committee AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 6366) that would extend for one year the Geographic Practice Cost Index floor for physician work under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and delay…