Proposed Regulation, MIPS, Physicians

Digesting a giant reg: the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule

McDermott+ on 7/17/2025

Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed reg. Stakeholders have highly anticipated the release of this reg, as it...more

CMS Focuses on a Modern Medicare

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/23/2018

Earlier this month, CMS proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program with the goal of “modernizing Medicare and restoring the doctor-patient relationship.” The proposed changes achieve...more

The Future of Medicare Physician Reimbursement: 10 Major Takeaways from the MACRA Proposed Rule

Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/13/2016

On April 27, 2016, just over a year after the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was signed into law, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the long-awaited proposed rule to begin its...more

CMS Proposes “Advancing Care Information” Program to Replace Meaningful Use

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 5/5/2016

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) proposes a new approach, with new branding labels, to paying clinicians for the value and the quality of care that they provide by replacing a patchwork of existing...more

CMS Issues MACRA Proposed Rule on Quality Payment Program for Physicians and Other Clinicians

King & Spalding on 5/4/2016

On April 27, 2016, CMS issued a Proposed Rule that would implement certain provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”) to modify the payment system for physicians and other clinicians. ...more

MedPAC Suggests Streamlining CMS’s Proposed Performance-Based Physician Payment System

King & Spalding on 9/17/2015

On September 8, 2015, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its comments to the proposed rule that will begin implementing the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for physician services, in...more

CMS Issues CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

King & Spalding on 7/22/2015

On July 8, 2015, CMS issued its annual proposed rule outlining payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for CY 2016. In the proposed rule,...more

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