On May 8, 2020, CMS published an Interim Rule, one portion of which is focused on new reporting requirements for skilled nursing facilities. The new reporting requirements, effective May
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CARES Act Appropriates $100 Billion in Relief Funds for Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers
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*UPDATE (4/27/20): Last week, HHS provided that $50 billion of the PHSSEF Relief Funds is allocated for general distribution to Medicare facilities and providers impacted by COVID-19, based on eligible …
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CARES Act Appropriates $100 Billion in Relief Funds for Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers
By Madison S. Clemens on
***UPDATE: Providers who have been allocated a payment from the initial $30 billion tranche of PHSSEF Relief Funds must sign an attestation confirming receipt of the funds and agreeing to …
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CMS Predicts that Physicians participating in Advanced APMs in 2017 will receive a 5% Incentive Payment in 2019
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Under CMS’s new Quality Payment Program, which will adjust Medicare Part B payments starting in 2019 based on data from this year, physicians and other eligible clinicians must qualify for…
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More Small Physician Practices May Become Exempt from MACRA
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On June 20, 2017, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule which would exempt a greater number of small practices from complying with the Medicare…
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CMS Introduces New Education Initiative for Chronic Care Management
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently introduced a new education initiative for Chronic Care Management (“CCM”) patients and providers. The initiative, called Connected Care, is intended to…
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Health Law Alert – Medicare Quality Payment Program
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We recently issued a Health Law Alert on the Medicare Quality Payment Program, focusing specifically on what physicians and their medical practices need to know to be in compliance with…
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Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (Part 2): Basics of the MIPS and How to Qualify in 2017
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The Medicare incentive programs with which you and your medical practice are familiar will soon be no more. As of January 1, 2017, these programs (including the Electronic Health Records…
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Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (New Blog Series)
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You may have heard that a transformation of Medicare’s physician payment program is in the works. However, you may not know that the structure of the new program, called the…
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What is the Medicare Quality Payment Program and How May It Affect My Practice?
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There are big changes coming to the Medicare incentive programs as we know them. Beginning on January 1, 2017, the new Quality Payment Program (the “Program”) will replace…
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