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CMS Begins Implementation of Key Payment Legislation Proposed Update to Physician Fee Schedule is First Since Repeal of SGR   CMS recently released the first proposed update to the physician payment schedule since the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate through the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).  The proposal includes a number ofprovisions focused on person-centered care, and Continue reading Proposed Update to Physician Fee Schedule→

Medicare Trustees Report shows continued slow cost growth Today, the Medicare Trustees projected that the trust fund that finances Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2030, unchanged from last year, but with an improved long-term outlook from last year’s report. Under this year’s projection, the trust fund will remain solvent 13 years longer than the Trustees projected in Continue reading Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2030→