2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What You Need to Know
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
2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What Emergency Physicians Need to Know
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
Reporting Patient Relationship Categories and Codes
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
2020 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What Anesthesiologists Need to Know
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
2020 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What Emergency Physicians Need to Know
CMS recently published the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020, including several changes that will impact emergency physicians. READ MORE
2018 MIPS Results Now Available, Some 2017 MIPS Results Added to Physician Compare
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
CMS Begins Audits and Data Validation of 2017 and 2018 MIPS
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 Measurement for MIPS: What You Need to Know
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
MIPS Participation: Wrapping up 2018 and Getting Started in 2019
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
7 Things to Know about Medicare for 2019
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
