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Proposed Medicare 2026 Physician Fee Schedule: What Health Care Providers Should Know

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 14. The agency’s announcement emphasized “significantly cutting spending waste, enhancing quality...more

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CMS Proposes New Behavioral Health Integration Add-on Codes for APCM Services in CY 2026 MPFS

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) on July 14, 2025. The Proposed Rule includes important proposals to...more

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Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Signals Support for Digital Health Advancement

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). This client alert focuses on the proposed...more

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Proposed Rule For The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Released

On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed physician fee schedule (PFS) rule. After five years of Medicare reimbursement reductions, CMS proposes a 3.8% increase in physician...more

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CMS Releases CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 14, 2025, issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Proposed Rule, which proposes payment policies and other outpatient services covered under Medicare Part B. Comments are...more

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CY 2026 MA and Part D Final Reg: Policies Under Consideration

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Last week, the contract year (CY) 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final reg entered the clearance process at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As mentioned in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, OMB’s review is...more

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CMS Proposes Extending COVID-Era Telehealth and Supervision Flexibilities through CY 2025

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to extend a number of COVID-era regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, remote services, and supervision in the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...more

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CMS Issues CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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On July 10, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comments on a broad array of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B payments (the Proposed Rule) for...more

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CMS Proposes Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs Aimed at Improving Beneficiary Protections, Access to Care, and...

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On November 6, 2023, CMS released a pre-publication version of a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that is set to publish in the Federal Register on November 15, 2023, and that would amend the regulations governing Medicare...more

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New 2025 Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule Further Scrutinizes Marketing Practices, Expands Behavioral Health, and Promotes Health...

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On November 15, CMS published a proposed rule, which, as currently written, has potentially significant implications for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (PDP) plans in Contract...more

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CMS Proposes Behavioral Health Program Changes

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On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposal to significantly expand behavioral health coverage provided under Medicare. The proposal, presented as a part of the calendar year 2024...more

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HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury Release Proposed Rules and a Report to Congress regarding Mental...

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On July 25, 2023, HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (the Departments) issued proposed rules (Proposed Rules) and other information regarding health plan and issuer compliance with mental health...more

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Proposed Rules Push Mental Health Parity Up Benefit Priority List

Now you know. It could not be any clearer to employers that compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) will be a—maybe the—top health and welfare benefit priority for federal...more

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DOL Issues Long Awaited Mental Health Parity Guidance

Plan sponsors, insurers, and third-party administrators should pay close attention to the new guidance to facilitate health plan compliance with complex nonquantitative treatment limitation comparative analyses requirements....more

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CMS Releases CY 2024 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1786-P),...more

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Medicare Looks to Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mental Health Services

On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced proposed Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) services. In the Calendar Year 2024 Hospital...more

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Health Equity Elevated to a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal

Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations and roll out a new Health Care Equity certification program to recognize and...more

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CMS Proposed Rule Aims to Increase Access to Behavioral Health Providers

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On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) seeking public comment regarding payment policy changes and other Medicare Part B...more

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CMS Issues 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule on July 7, 2022, which impacts Medicare Part B payments starting Jan. 1,...more

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CMS Proposes Key Details for Payment Methodology, Quality Measures and Enrollment Policies for Rural Emergency Hospitals

Rural emergency hospitals (REHs) are a new Medicare provider type that will allow Medicare to pay for emergency department and other outpatient hospital services in rural areas beginning on January 1, 2023, without requiring...more

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CMS Releases CY 2023 Outpatient and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1772-P),...more

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Kim Brandt, partner at Tarplin, Downs & Young has long provided the healthcare community with her expertise in all things Washington, having spent substantial time at CMS, the OIG at HHS and on Capitol Hill. She’ll be...more

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CMS Releases CY 2022 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 19, 2021, released its calendar year (CY) 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed...more

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CMS Proposed Rule Addresses Permanent Expansion of Certain Telehealth Services

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Expanded telehealth services temporarily permitted during the COVID-19 public health emergency would be further extended to December 21, 2023, in order for CMS to conduct analyses regarding permanent expansion of certain...more

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Comments on CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Due Feb. 1, 2020

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 18, 2019, published a proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability rule that would amend existing regulations related to 1) base and supplemental payments, 2)...more

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