With a new year comes a few months of straddling three different performance periods for the CMS’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Here’s a look at what you need to know now about the 2018, 2019, and 2020 MIPS performance periods. READ MORE
As we wrap up 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a variety of information healthcare providers need to know about billing Medicare for 2020. We’ve created a short list of the top eight things providers should know. READ MORE
CMS recently published the final draft of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020, including the new anesthesia conversion factor of $22.2016, a slight decrease 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 final draft of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020. We’ve highlighted a few of the biggest changes. READ MORE
CMS recently published the final draft of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020. In addition to changing the payment rates for 2020, the Final Rule also mandates changes to several payment policies. We’ve highlighted a few of the biggest changes that would be most interesting to emergency physicians. READ MORE
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
