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HRA Tracking New Legislation for Site Neutrality
On May 6, 2025, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, introduced the Same Care, Lower Cost Act (S.1629).
May 16, 2025
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HRA Supports New Bill to Stabilize Physician Reimbursement for 2026
Senator Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), recently introduced the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 (S.1640) to increase reimbursement for physicians and other…
May 16, 2025
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HRS Identifying Administrative Burdens for Removal as Medicare Requests Input & Proposes 2026 Hospital Inpatient Payment Increase
On April 11th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and…
May 16, 2025
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HRA Continues to Monitor MedPAC Recommendations on Physician Payment Reform
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which advises Congress on Medicare payment policy issues, reconvened in mid-April to examine a variety of Medicare payment issues,…
May 16, 2025
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HRS Quality Reporting Alert: 2025 MVP Registration Now Open
CMS recently announced that the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVP) registration window is now open for the 2025 performance year.
May 16, 2025
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HRS Quality Reporting Alert: CMS Suspends Certain MIPS Improvement Activities for CY 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will be suspending eight Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) improvement activities for the 2025…
May 16, 2025
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HRS Quality Reporting Alert: Quality Payment Program (QPP) Feedback Opportunity
CMS seeks feedback from those who participated in the CY 2024 Quality Payment Program (QPP) to better understand the experiences of those who submitted Merit-Based…
May 16, 2025
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HRA Continues to Advocate to Stop Medicare Physician Payment Cuts
Congress successfully passed a continuing resolution (CR) ahead of the March 14th deadline for avoiding a federal government shutdown.
April 1, 2025
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HRA Monitoring MedPAC Recommendations on Physician Payment Reform
Heart Rhythm Advocates (HRA) continues to closely monitor Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) recommendations on potential reforms to Medicare physician payments.
April 1, 2025
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HRA Continues to Push for Medicare Physician Payment Fix as Senate Democrats Release Standalone Health Bill
Senate Democratic leaders have introduced standalone legislation containing the bipartisan health care policies that were originally slated for inclusion in the 2024 year-end package.
April 1, 2025