The CDC and CMS published a new Chronic Pain Experience Journey Map to highlight significant barriers to care for those experiencing chronic pain, as the CDC announces a new record for drug overdose deaths in the US in 2021. In this post, we explore how the two are connected. READ MORE
Providers who received more than $10,000 from the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund between July 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, and have not reported on the use of those funds may qualify for a reporting extension. READ MORE
For the fourth performance year in a row, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making adjustments to the MIPS program as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency. READ MORE
The Department of Health and Human Services has filed an appeal of the February ruling striking down the presumptive QPA policy in the independent dispute resolution process of the No Surprises Act. Several other lawsuits over the policy also are pending. READ MORE
