CMS updated its website for the Quality Payment Program recently with new information clarifying which clinicians will have “special status” and may be exempt from submitting data this year.
The release of the Quality Payment Program proposed rule introduced virtual groups as a way to reduce burden on small practices and clinicians. While the MACRA legislation laid out the initial concept of virtual groups, this proposed rule revealed many more details about how virtual groups will function.
CMS has spoken repeatedly of easing the burden for providers this spring, and the agency’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule released June 20 attempts to do that for small practices and other clinicians.
Traditionally, the OPPS rulemaking cycle has been the main vehicle for changes to outpatient coding and billing regulations and policy that hospitals need to pay attention to. But increasingly, CMS has been introducing or discussing changes relevant to outpatient hospitals beyond the scope of the OPPS rules.
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) telephone number is being spoofed in a scam that aims to obtain identity and financial information, the OIG warned in an alert published March 3.
This week’s Medicare updates include a revision to State Operations Manual Appendix PP; ICD-10 Coding Revisions to NCDs, clarification of payment policy changes for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy using a disposable device and the outlier payment methodology for home health services; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include the delay of the effective date of the Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models; Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model; a quarterly update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule database; ICD-10 coding revisions to National Coverage Determinations; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include Advance Care Planning implementation for OPPS claims, revision to State Operations Manual Appendix PP - incorporating revised Requirements of Participation for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facilities, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) instructions, ICD-10 coding revisions to NCDs, a new “K” code for continuous positive airway pressure device bundle, and more!
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