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Ep. 59 – Treating Medicare Beneficiaries as a Cash-Based Practice

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Cash-based practices, or providers who neither participate with nor bill insurers, are becoming increasingly common, especially in certain specialties such as primary care, women’s health, and mental health. While providers...more

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Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extended, but Without Promise of Permanent Solution

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Through a recent stopgap funding bill, Congress has extended several telehealth-related flexibilities that are critical for Medicare beneficiaries and providers until September 30, 2025. As we previously reported, the...more

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New CMS Policies Position the MSSP for Expansion and Increased Savings

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New policies tucked into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (Final Rule) will likely spur increased Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participation in the...more

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Estate Planning Essentials for Health Care Providers: Protecting Legacy and Loved Ones

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Physicians and healthcare providers, like many others with demanding professions, often postpone or overlook their own estate planning and preparation. Estate planning is a fundamental process for individuals at any stage of...more

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Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

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Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

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CMS Proposes to Establish Separate Payment for End of Life Planning Services

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On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that updates payment rates and related reimbursement and quality policies for physician services furnished under the Medicare...more

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Delivery System Reform 2.0: Scaling Alternative Payment Models is the New Normal

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For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more

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GAO Recommends Congress Reduce Incentives for Prescribing 340B Drugs

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The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Medicare Part B Drugs: Action Needed to Reduce Financial Incentives to Prescribe 340B Drugs at Participating Hospitals” (“the...more

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Beneficiary Assignment Under the MSSP Final Rule

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This is the fourth post in Health Care Law Today’s series on the final rule. This post addresses how CMS assigns beneficiaries to an ACO participating in the MSSP. In the MSSP ACO Final Rule, CMS finalized new...more

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