Category Archives: Medical Billing

CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures In 2015, per-capita health care spending grew by 5.0 percent and overall health spending grew by 5.8 percent, according to a study by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published today as a Web First by Health Affairs. Those annual rates continue to be below the rates Continue reading CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures→

  The American Medical Association (AMA) recently applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making substantive changes to the policies in Medicare’s proposed Physician Payment Fee Schedule rule. The announced policy changes adhered to AMA-recommended changes from the proposed rule in areas that will improve patient care and save taxpayer dollars. “This annual policy fine-tuning is an Continue reading AMA Applauds CMS Final Rule on Physicians Payment Fee Schedule→

MACRA rule will accelerate health care system’s shift toward value Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration’s progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Quality Payment Program, which replaces the flawed Sustainable Growth Continue reading HHS finalizes streamlined Medicare payment system that rewards clinicians for quality patient care→