Tag: PFS

CMS Releases CY 2020 PFS, OPPS and ASC Final Rules

On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2020 final rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Payme...

CMS Solicits Comments on Proposed MIPS Cost Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). As part of the proposed rule, CMS is proposing 10 episode-based cost measures and revisions to the current Medicare...

Upcoming Medicare Learning Network Webinars

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a series of webinars on recently released payment and quality regulations.

• Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session

  CMS Releases CY 2020 PFS Proposed Rule

  On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies (CMS-1715-P), which includes proposals relat...

  CMS Releases CY 2020 PFS, OPPS and ASC Proposed Rules

  On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2020 Proposed Rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Payme...

  CMS Provides Tutorial on Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a tutorial on enrolling in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Expanded Model. The performance period for this model began on April 1, 2018, and there are currently 103 parti...

  Five Takeaways from March 2019 MedPAC Meeting

  At their public meeting on March 7 and 8, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) considered a range of Medicare payment issues. Five takeaways from the meeting are as follows:...

  CMS to Create New Office for Regulatory Reform

  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced that the agency will be creating an office for regulatory reform. Once established, the purpose of the office will be to reduce “regulatory burden” for p...

  CMS Hosts QPP Conference Calls

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting two Quality Payment Program (QPP)-related conference calls.   Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session (Includes ...