7 Nov 2022

Blog, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare, Physician Fee Schedule, Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) 0 comments

Key Takeaways for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in the Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: “General Supervision for all RTM”

As it does every Fall around this time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its final version of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 (the “Final 2023 MPFS”), the regulatory Rule governing payment and coverage policies for physician services, including reimbursement for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (“RTM”) services under the new CPT code […]

CMS Releases Final 2023 Physician Fee Schedule

4 Nov 2022

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CMS Releases Final 2023 Physician Fee Schedule

This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. The final rule includes several National Council and RCPA recommended priorities. These are wins for mental health and substance use care organizations that will help expand access to care by strengthening the workforce. RCPA recommends […]

3 Nov 2022

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CMS physician fee schedule rule cuts payments, expands telehealth reimbursement past 2023

2 Nov 2022

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CMS physician fee schedule rule cuts payments, expands telehealth reimbursement past 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released on Tuesday the final physician fee schedule rule that sets out payment rates for 2022. The rule also includes several provisions that aim to expand flexibility for telehealth reimbursement for mental health. CMS had expanded flexibility for providers to get Medicare reimbursement for telehealth at the onset […]

The Medicare Value Based Care Strategy Alignment, Growth, And Equity

2 Nov 2022

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Blog, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare, Medicare Value-Based Care, Physician Fee Schedule 0 comments

The Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alignment, Growth, And Equity

As the nation’s largest health care payer, responsible for more than one in five dollars spent on health care within the United States, Medicare plays a key role in transitioning the health care system away from fee-for-service, which incentivizes quantity of care, and towards value-based care, which incentivizes high-quality care and smarter spending. The passage […]

2 Nov 2022

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2022 CMS Behavioral Health Strategy

The CMS Behavioral Health Strategy covers multiple elements including access to prevention and treatment services for substance use disorders, mental health services, crisis intervention and pain care; and further enable care that is well-coordinated and effectively integrated. The CMS Behavioral Health Strategy also seeks to remove barriers to care and services, and to adopt a […]

2 Nov 2022

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National Tour to Strengthen Mental Health

Following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra kicked off the National Tour to Strengthen Mental Health in an effort to hear directly from Americans across the country about the behavioral health challenges they’re facing and engage with local elected officials and leaders to […]

2 Nov 2022

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HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is expanding access to behavioral health care, cancer screening coverage, and dental care. The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule announced today also promotes innovation and coordinated care in the Medicare program through Accountable […]

2 Nov 2022

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President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Goal

The experience of cancer — of getting a cancer diagnosis, surviving cancer, losing someone to cancer — has touched virtually every American family. This is personal for the President and First Lady, like it is for so many of you. As Vice President, in 2016, Joe Biden led the Cancer Moonshot with the mission to […]

2 Nov 2022

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), American Medical Association (AMA), Blog, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare, Physician Fee Schedule, Telehealth 0 comments

IT’S FINAL: PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS TAKE A BIG CUT FOR 2023, EXPECT A REDUCED ACCESS TO CARE THEY SAY

Physician payment cuts are coming, significant changes to E/M services are finalized, and key reporting revisions are hitting telehealth and audio-only services, according to the final 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule. Proposed payment cuts that drew vocal criticism from physician advocacy groups will move forward as planned, as CMS announced a 4.5% reduction to the 2023 Medicare Part B […]

AHA Summary of Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2023

2 Nov 2022

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AHA Summary of Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 issued a final rule that updates the physician fee schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2023. The rule also includes changes related to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Quality Payment Program (QPP), both of which were created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act […]

Doc Groups Unhappy With 4.5% Cut in the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule

2 Nov 2022

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Doc Groups Unhappy With 4.5% Cut in the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule

WASHINGTON — Physician groups expressed concerns over what one group called a “substantial” decrease in Medicare fee-for-service physician payments under a final rule for 2023 issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a 4.5% decrease in the conversion factor — the multiplier that Medicare applies to […]

2 Nov 2022

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HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care

2 Nov 2022

Blog, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Medicare, Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) 0 comments

Nursing home docs, therapists hit with CMS pay cut

Healthcare providers, including doctors and therapists who treat nursing home patients, will see a key payment factor cut by 4.4% next year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the change to the Medicare Physician Pay Schedule conversion factor in a broader physician payment rule published late Tuesday. The conversion factor is part of a […]

1 Nov 2022

Blog, Cancer, Chronic Disease, COVID-19 - Coronavirus, Remote Health Monitoring, Telehealth 0 comments

Virtual care for people with cancer

The internet, COVID-19 pandemic and increased access to smartphones and laptops has changed the way people shop, bank, travel and work. It also has changed how people manage their health care. Telehealth, including telemedicine and virtual visits, uses digital information and communication technologies to access health care services remotely and manage your health care. It’s […]

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