CMS Addresses AAHKS MDP Comments

May 6, 2016 | CMS

CMS published the final Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) on May 2, 2016. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., the AAHKS advocacy representative, summarized which of AAHKS’ comments were addressed and which were not in a report submitted this week. Read the...

Review Open Payment Data by May 15

Apr 29, 2016 | CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish the 2015 payment data and updates to the 2013 and 2014 data on June 30, 2016. In order for any disputes to be addressed before the June 30th publication, physicians and teaching hospitals must initiate...

CMS Files MACRA Proposed Rule

Apr 29, 2016 | CMS

On Wednesday, April 27, CMS released a 962-page proposed rule to revamp Medicare’s physician pay system. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) replaces the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula with the Merit-Based Incentive Payment...

BPCI Extension Available For Awardees

Apr 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that awardees who started participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative in October 2013 and are scheduled to end in 2016, are now able to extend participation in...
Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami