CMS is proposing transformational reforms to Medicare’s physician payment and value-based care programs that would expand accountable care, modernize physician payment, reduce administrative burden, and help shift the healthcare system’s focus from treating illness to preventing it.
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The sprint to September 30: ATA Action submits comprehensive comments in response to Draft CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule and urging CMS to collaborate with Congress to make permanent or extend the COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities for as long as possible before the September 30 deadline.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its Calendar Year 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, which includes proposed policies for the Quality Payment Program.
CMS has published the updated 2025 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture Category III Implementation Guide, Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician Programs based on the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule released on November 1, 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which includes policies for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2025 performance year and beyond. This rule will be published on December 9, 2024, in the Federal Register.
By Matt Fisher – As part of its annual summer tradition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published the proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule with some seeming shakeups to reimbursements. A relatively small part of the proposed rule could be a pebble being taken out of a dam that enables more change to flow.
By Chris Emper – On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a 1,920-page proposed rule that would update payment policies and programs regarding Medicare payments to physicians and other providers under the Physician Fee Schedule on or after January 1, 2024.
By Chris Emper – The heavily anticipated CMS 2023 Proposed Medicare Physician Payment Rule is a whopping 2,066 pages long and includes numerous provisions that will impact physician groups next year.
National Association of ACOs President and CEO Clif Gaus, Sc.D., issued the following statement today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: