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Transparency in coverage final rule sets requirements for health insurers

The “Transparency in Coverage” final rule was posted on Oct. 29 and published in the Federal Register on Nov. 12 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury in response to President Trump’s price [...]

2020-12-04T10:08:32-06:00December 4th, 2020|Clinical Resources|

CMS final rule implements changes to the Stark Law

On Nov. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law (often called the “Stark Law”). According to CMS, the final rule creates new, permanent exceptions to [...]

2020-12-04T09:55:37-06:00November 23rd, 2020|Advocacy, Clinical Resources, Featured|

AASM advocates for reimbursement of COVID-19 practice expenses

The AASM and more than 100 other medical societies are working in collaboration with the AMA to advocate for immediate implementation of a new CPT code to facilitate reimbursement of additional practice expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September the American Medical Association [...]

2021-01-18T18:14:50-06:00November 19th, 2020|Advocacy, COVID-19|

CMS shares preliminary 2019 performance year Quality Payment Program results

On Oct. 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an infographic and blog post by Administrator Seema Verma to share preliminary participation data from the Quality Payment Program (QPP) in 2019. CMS reports that clinicians overwhelmingly engaged in QPP by [...]

2020-11-05T22:52:35-06:00November 5th, 2020|Clinical Resources|

HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra signed a renewal of determination that extended the current COVID-19 public health emergency by 90 days, effective Jan. 11, 2023. The original determination was made in January 2020 and has been extended every [...]

2023-01-31T17:10:01-06:00November 5th, 2020|COVID-19|

CMS is accepting applications for MIPS exemptions

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting applications for a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exemption or Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exemption for the 2020 Performance Year of MIPS until Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at 8 p.m. EST. [...]

2020-10-23T12:30:49-05:00October 23rd, 2020|Clinical Resources|

CMS announces new repayment terms for COVID-19 Medicare loans to providers

On Oct. 8 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced amended terms for payments issued under the Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program, allowing providers and suppliers one additional year to start loan payments. The amended terms were required by recent action [...]

2021-01-18T18:16:28-06:00October 15th, 2020|COVID-19|

AASM responds to CMS 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule

On behalf of all individual and facility members, the AASM submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 5 in response to the CMS 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program proposed rule, which was published [...]

2020-10-09T14:25:20-05:00October 9th, 2020|Clinical Resources, Featured|

HHS announces $20 billion in new COVID-19 provider relief funding

On Oct. 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced $20 billion in new relief funding for health care providers experiencing financial losses and changes in operating expenses caused by the coronavirus. [...]

2021-01-18T18:17:06-06:00October 2nd, 2020|COVID-19|

Noridian posts updated clinician checklists for DME documentation

On Aug. 25, 2020, one of the DME Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Noridian Healthcare Solutions, Inc., released its updated Clinician Checklists, which will help ensure that you complete the appropriate documentation when you prescribe DME such as PAP and RAD. Several checklists that may [...]

2020-10-01T16:34:07-05:00October 1st, 2020|Clinical Resources|

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