Under MACRA, Patient Relationship Categories and Codes (PRC) were established to help attribute patients and care episodes to physicians and other clinicians for measuring cost. Beginning in 2020, voluntarily reporting PRC on claims may count toward the Improvement Activity performance category of MIPS for the 2020 performance year. READ MORE
CMS recently published the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020, including the new anesthesia conversion factor of $22.2774, a very slight increase from 2019, and revisions to several Medicare payment policies. We’ve highlighted a few changes that will be most interesting to anesthesiologists. READ MORE
CMS recently published the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020, including several changes that will impact emergency physicians. READ MORE
Eligible providers who participated in MIPS in 2018 can now review their performance reports, and 2017 MIPS participants can expect to see some performance information on the Physician Compare website. READ MORE
Beginning in June 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin performing data validations and audits on the 2017 and 2018 performance years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. READ MORE
Facility-based physicians and other eligible clinicians whose practice takes place primarily in a hospital setting have a new way to meet reporting requirements for MIPS for the 2019 performance year. READ MORE
As we begin year three of MIPS, here are a few reminders for wrapping up 2018 reporting and preparing for ongoing participation in 2019. READ MORE
As we wrap up 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a variety of information healthcare providers need to know about billing Medicare in 2019. We’ve created a short list of the top seven things you should know. READ MORE
More than 90 percent of eligible clinicians who participated in MIPS in 2017 will receive a positive payment adjustment on their 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payments for their MIPS performance in the first year of the program. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently published the final rule of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019, including several policy changes relevant to anesthesiologists. READ MORE
