Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 3 released two proposed rules for calendar year (CY) 2015 - the outpatient prospective payment system (PPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) rule and the physician fee schedule (PFS) rule. In addition, on July 2, CMS issued the End-…
CMS published the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule for calendar year 2014 in the Dec. 10 Federal Register.
AHA Legislative Advisory regarding Discussion Draft On SGR Repeal and Medicare Physician Payment Reform
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for CY 2014
While fixing the physician payment formula is essential, it should not be done by jeopardizing hospitals’ ability to care for seniors and their communities. That’s why we are very disappointed at the approach taken in this measure.
On Nov. 1, CMS released the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2013. Changes in the rule are generally effective Jan. 1 and detailed in this advisory.
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2013.
While we support ensuring that physicians will not see their Medicare payments reduced, we are extremely disappointed that once again Congress is putting seniors' access to hospital services in jeopardy through arbitrary reductions to hospitals.
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care tomorrow will launch on December 14, 2011, a national print campaign to urge Congress not to cut billions of dollars from hospital care to pay for a physician payment fix.
A summary of CMS's physician fee schedule final rule for CY 2012 with changes to the Medicare and other Medicare Part B payment policies.