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HRS Quality Reporting Alert: CMS Further Expands 2024 MIPS Automatic Exception
CMS recently announced a decision to expand the MIPS automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) exception for the 2024 performance year so that it applies…
December 19, 2024
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HRS Monitoring CMS Proposed Changes for Medicare Advantage & Part D Plans in 2026 as Presidential Transition Creates Questions About Their Finalization
On November 26th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a number of changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Prescription Drug…
December 19, 2024
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HRS Applauds Cautious Approach to Implementation of Good Faith Estimate (GFE) Requirement for Insured Patients
In December 2020, the No Surprises Act was enacted after years of grappling with how to address “surprise medical bills.”
December 12, 2024
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New Legislation Introduced to Improve the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On December 1st, a new bipartisan legislation, the Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act, H.R. 6545, was introduced in the House to make improvements…
December 4, 2024
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HRS Continues to Monitor MedPAC as it Continues Deliberations on Recommendations to Congress
On October 11th and 12th, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) held the second meeting of its 2024/2025 meeting cycle.
November 21, 2024
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HRS Joins Federal Lawmakers Urging Congress to Halt Physician Pay Cuts
HRS, lawmakers, and other stakeholders will continue to press for action to avert the impending physician conversion factor pay cut before the end of the…
November 21, 2024
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HRS Voices Support for Medicare Physician Payment Fix
HRS endorsed the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024 to prevent the across-the-board 2.83% cut to the MPFS conversion factor set to…
November 21, 2024
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HRS Reports on CMS 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Outpatient Hospital/ASC Final Rules
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rules for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee…
November 21, 2024
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CMS Releases Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2024
On November 2nd, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule without comment period for calendar year…
November 7, 2024
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CMS Expands 2024 MIPS Automatic Exception
CMS recently announced that clinicians impacted by Hurricanes Helene (FL, GA, NC, SC, TN) and Francine (LA.) will qualify for the MIPS automatic Extreme and…
November 1, 2024