Reporting Requirements, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM)

CMS Unveils 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposal: Key Changes Ahead

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/31/2025

On July 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. As expected, there are several meaningful updates that providers, practices, and health systems...more

CMS Makes Modifications to the Medicare Shared Savings Program

King & Spalding on 11/21/2024

In its Final Rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS announced changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the Program) targeted at incentivizing providers to both enroll and stay in the Program. The Final...more

K&L Gates Triage: Quality Payment Program Updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Part 3

K&L Gates LLP on 10/18/2019

In this week’s episode, Steve Pine presents the last installment of our three part series addressing the CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule. In this episode, Mr....more

CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Payment in 2019

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/23/2018

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 12, 2018, published the CY 2019 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). While in previous years regulations for the Quality Payment Program (QPP)...more

Final Rule for MACRA's Second Year (2018) Expected in November 2017

Baker Donelson on 9/6/2017

On June 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule entitled, "Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program." CMS proposed changes for the second year (2018) of the...more

Final Rule Implements Quality Payment Program under MACRA

Baker Donelson on 12/30/2016

If you are a physician, mid-level provider, or work with those providers, then you have been bombarded with new acronyms for new programs and promises to remove older acronyms from your Medicare vocabulary. Medicare...more

CMS Releases MACRA Final Rule, Easing 2017 Reporting Requirements

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/18/2016

On October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The final rule marks the most significant reform to our...more

“Pick Your Pace” for MACRA Rollout (But Don’t Be Too Slow)

Snell & Wilmer on 9/14/2016

CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt recently announced that CMS would provide new physician reporting options for the first year of the MACRA program starting January 1, 2017. In response to concerns about the MACRA...more

Proposed 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Would Impact Medicare Shared Savings Program

Baker Donelson on 7/20/2015

The proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2016 [PDF] contains several provisions that are likely to have an impact on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). These provisions focus in large part on quality measures and the...more

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