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Time Remains to File a request for Informal Review of CY 2017 PQRS Negative Payment Adjustment

By Jeanine Freeman, J.D., Brick Gentry P.C. on October 31st, 2016 Posted in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-CMS

QRUR Informal Review Also Available. Physicians and other eligible professionals and practices who failed to meet criteria for satisfactory PQRS reporting in calendar year (CY) 2015 now face a negative 2% adjustment in Medicare Part B payments for CY 2017. Physicians who believe CMS has inappropriately determined that a negative PQRS payment adjustment applies to… Continue Reading

SENATE PASSES H.R. 2, IMMEDIATELY REPEALING THE SGR, EXTENDING 1.0 WORK FLOOR GPCI

By Jeanine Freeman, J.D., Brick Gentry P.C. on April 16th, 2015 Posted in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-CMS, Healthcare costs, MACRA - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act

The Senate passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), on a vote of 92-8. Iowa’s Senators Joni Ernst and Charles Grassley voted in favor of the bill. The Senate considered amendments to the bill as passed by the House, but none were adopted. The H.R. 2 now goes to the President… Continue Reading