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MedPAC Releases June Report to Congress
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June report as mandated by Congress.
July 11, 2024
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House Ways & Means Committee Considers Legislation to Enhance Medicare Coverage of Breakthrough Devices
On June 27, 2024, the House Committee on Ways & Means favorably reported legislation designed to create a more efficient pathway to Medicare coverage and payment for…
July 11, 2024
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HRS Urges Congress to Increase Medicare-Funded Graduate Medical Education Slots
On June 24, 2024, HRS teamed up with the Graduate Medical Education Advocacy Coalition (GMEAC) to submit comments regarding a policy outline released by Senator…
July 11, 2024
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HRS Urges Congress to Support the HEARTS Act and Access to AEDs Act
On June 12, 2024, as a member of the Smart Heart Sports Coalition, HRS sent a letter to the Senate HELP committee in support of…
July 11, 2024
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HHS Finalizes Information Blocking Disincentives
In late June, CMS, along with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), finalized regulations that establish disincentives for certain health care…
July 1, 2024
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2022 QPP Performance Information Now Available on Medicare.gov Compare
CMS recently added Quality Payment Program (QPP) information for performance year 2022 to its publicly available clinician and group profile pages on the Medicare.gov compare…
July 1, 2024
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2023 MIPS Final Score Preview Now Open
On June 28, 2024, CMS announced the opening of its 2023 MIPS Final Score Preview period, during which clinicians will have the opportunity to preview…
July 1, 2024
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2024 MIPS Exception Application Now Available
CMS recently released its 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable (EUC) Circumstances exception application.
June 3, 2024
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HRS Continues Active Participation in AMA RUC Activities
The American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) has been a key stakeholder in maintaining and updating the relative value units…
June 3, 2024
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Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Challenges Facing Independent Medicine
The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on May 23rd titled “The Collapse of Private Practice: Examining…
June 3, 2024