The cost performance category for the 2020 MIPS program will be reweighted to 0 percent, according to an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week. The change is part of CMS’s COVID-19 flexibilities for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System that span 2019, 2020, and 2021. READ MORE
CMS recently added several FAQs to help providers, facilities, and impacted payers sort through the various provisions of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule, including the new Digital Contact Information requirements, which we cover in this article. READ MORE
A new waiver was issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for ground ambulance services providing treatment in place as part of a COVID-19 protocol. Under authority provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the new policy waives any requirements that an ambulance service must include the transport of an individual to receive Medicare payment. READ MORE
The Department of Health and Human Services released new buprenorphine practice guidelines in April that will allow most healthcare providers to treat patients for opioid use disorder without the burdensome training previously required. READ MORE
