Category Archives: Medical Billing

CMS Proposes Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Changes to Better Support Physicians and Improve Patient Care

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Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed updated payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System. Several of the proposed policy changes would improve the quality of care Medicare patients receive by better supporting their physicians and other health care providers. These proposals are based Continue reading CMS Proposes Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Changes to Better Support Physicians and Improve Patient Care→

Medicare Proposes Substantial Improvements to Paying for Care Coordination

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Medicare also expands the Diabetes Prevention Program The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes recently to the Physician Fee Schedule to transform how Medicare pays for primary care through a new focus on care management and behavioral health designed to recognize the importance of the primary care work physicians perform. The rule also proposes policies to expand Continue reading Medicare Proposes Substantial Improvements to Paying for Care Coordination→

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Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain fully funded until 2028

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Medicare Trustees Report Shows Continued Slow Cost Growth Today, the Medicare Trustees projected that the trust fund financing Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain fully funded until 2028, 11 years longer than they projected in 2009 before the passage of the Affordable Care Act. “Per-Medicare beneficiary cost growth continues to be exceptionally low,” said Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Continue reading Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain fully funded until 2028→

AMA and Other Medical Societies Call for a Change in Interoperability Measurements

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The American Medical Association and 36 specialty medical associations urged the Administration today to rethink the way it measures the interoperability of electronic health records. The coalition of physician and medical organizations believes the current direction will require physicians to spend too much time meeting measures that will do little to make electronic health records valuable to patients and medical Continue reading AMA and Other Medical Societies Call for a Change in Interoperability Measurements→