Congress passed legislation (S610) that will reduce or delay many of the Medicare physician reimbursement cuts that were set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. President Biden signed S610 into law on Dec. 10. The law will reduce or delay the following Medicare [...]

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians, groups, and virtual groups may apply to reweight any or all MIPS performance categories if they’ve been affected by extreme and uncontrollable circumstances that impact these categories. Extreme and uncontrollable circumstances are defined as rare events entirely [...]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) is repealing the “Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology and Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary” final rule. In rescinding the rule, CMS acknowledges concerns that requirements in the final rule may be inadequate to safeguard Medicare patients. [...]