Physician Compensation and Reimbursement
On July 14, 2025, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comment on a variety of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements, and Medicare...more
Learning Objectives: - Impact 2021 Physician Fee Schedule has had/will have on Physician Compensation and Benchmark Data - Impact COVID has had/will have on Physician Compensation - Evolution of Use of Benchmark Data,...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on November 20, 2020, released final rules for the federal physician self-referral law (Stark) and the anti-kickback statute (AKS). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be putting hospitals in an untenable position if recent proposed rulemaking is implemented as is. In its proposal for acting on legislation reducing payments to new,...more
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion) to a nonprofit health system (System) and a nonprofit psychiatric hospital (Center) regarding a proposal whereby the...more