CMS recently published the latest proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which updates payment rates and policies for 2021. We’ve highlighted a few of the biggest changes for anesthesiologists. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS recently published the proposed draft of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2021. In addition to changing the payment rates for 2021, the Proposed Rule also recommends changes to several payment policies. We’ve highlighted a few of the biggest changes. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the proposed draft of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2021. In addition to changing the payment rates for 2021, the Final Rule also mandates changes to several payment policies. We’ve highlighted a few of the biggest changes that will impact emergency physicians. READ MORE
Physicians and other MIPS-eligible providers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for a 2020 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception. The hardship exception application allows providers to request one or more performance categories be reweighted to 0 percent. READ MORE
The deadline for physicians and other eligible providers to submit data for the 2019 MIPS reporting period has been extended. Providers now have until April 30, 2020, rather than March 31, to submit MIPS data. READ MORE
Individual clinicians and provider groups hoping to take advantage of the facility-based measurement for the 2020 MIPS Quality and Cost performance categories can now check their facility-based status with the updated participation status tool on the Quality Payment Program website. READ MORE
Providers who receive an eligibility error code on their Medicare claims should check to see if the patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) has changed.
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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
