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FTC Issues Finalized Ban on Non-Compete Clauses Amid Strong Employer Pushback
On April 23rd, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, advanced its final rule which would ban the use of non-compete clauses in…
April 24, 2024
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Help Us Help YOU to Update Medicare Physician Payment
The American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is nearing completion, and we urgently need all selected physicians to actively engage in this…
April 1, 2024
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Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA)
Several HRS leaders from the Quality Improvement Committee, HPRAC, AF Centers of Excellence Task Force and Board of Trustees crafted a “Viewpoint” article to encourage…
April 1, 2024
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Survey: EP Services Performed in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
To inform advocacy efforts on behalf of our patients and our profession, the HRS Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Committee (HPRAC) recently conducted a survey…
April 1, 2024
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Federal Agencies Offer Support in Wake of Change Healthcare Cyberattack as Providers Continue to Struggle with Impact
Since the Change Healthcare Cyberattack on February 21st, physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies continue to experience interruptions in benefits verification, claims submission, distribution of payments,…
April 1, 2024
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CMS Announces MIPS Flexibilities in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an extension of the 2023 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data submission period and…
April 1, 2024
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Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Make Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers have introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (S. 3967/H.R. 7623), which would make permanent certain Medicare flexibilities for…
April 1, 2024
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Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Remote Patient Monitoring and At-Home Care
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means convened a hearing on March 12th to examine opportunities for enhancing access to care at…
April 1, 2024
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MedPAC Delivers March 2024 Report to Congress
On March 15th, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) sent its March 2024 Report to the Congress.
April 1, 2024
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HEARTS Act Passes Energy and Commerce Committee
On March 20th, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research, and Training in the Schools…
April 1, 2024