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No Changes to E/M Payment Until at Least 2021

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Nov 1st, 2018
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The 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program final rule has come out. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Nov. 1 they are not going to make changes to payment for evaluation and management (E/M)  services until at least 2021. CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a press release, “We know ...
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Changing the Way Medicare Pays Doctors

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In CMS
Aug 6th, 2018
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Besides taking a machete to E/M reimbursement and the way Medicare looks at E/M services, the current administration has proposed some large changes in the way Medicare pays doctors. They have also proposed ways that hospital facilities disclose prices to patients, providing more transparency. Changing Payment The pipeline for immediate changes includes the government paying more ...
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CMS Posts Video on E/M Payment Proposal

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In CMS
Jul 26th, 2018
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a 22 minute promotional video hosted by Administrator Seema Verma about the agency’s evaluation and management (E/M) payment changes in the 2019 proposed Physician Fee Schedule. The video features a panel of CMS-related providers, follows up on an introductory video posted earlier this year. Providers will ...
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Risk Adjustment Pay Freeze Ends

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In health information management
Jul 25th, 2018
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Final Rule freeing more than $10.4 billion to anxious payers to continue the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) risk adjustment program. The agency had halted payments to payers while a New Mexico ruling was challenged, but in the end the activity unnerved the industry and didn’t change much. Risk Adjustment ...
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13 Laboratory Code Updates Effective Now

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In Billing
May 14th, 2018
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Clinical diagnostic laboratories can look forward to 12 new laboratory codes were effective April 1 and one code effective retroactively January 1. The Centers for Medicare and Medicate Services (CMS) released the changes May 5, 2018. The new codes are contractor priced until addressed at the annual Clinical Laboratory Public Meeting in July. All the U ...
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