CMS proposed rule details Medicare’s new physician “Quality Payment Program”

Reporting under new measures slated to begin in 2017

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency responsible for Medicare payment to physicians, released a proposed rule on April 27, 2016, setting forth key provisions of its Quality Payment Program for physicians, implementing key provisions in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for annually adjusting Medicare payment to the nation’s physicians, replacing the SGR with a value-based payment system to be developed by CMS consistent with MACRA’s directives. The proposed rule has been published in the May 9, 2016 Federal Register. Comments are due by June 27, 2016.Continue Reading MACRA on the Move!

A Topical Rundown

On July 8, 2015, CMS released its calendar year (CY) 2016 proposed Medicare physician payment rule in prepublication form; the rule will be formally published in the July 15 Federal Register. Comments on the proposed rule are due on September 8, 2015.

The prepublication version of the proposed rule can be found

BIPARTISAN HOUSE VOTE TO REPEAL THE SGR – 0.5% PHYSICIAN INCREASE EACH YEAR THROUGH 2019 — EXTENSION OF THE 1.0 WORK GPCI FLOOR THROUGH 2017 – NO ICD-10 DELAY

Senate to Vote When It Returns – CMS Issues Payment Advisory

The House of Representatives took what the House of Medicine rightfully can call a historic

.05% PHYSICIAN INCREASE EACH YEAR THROUGH 2019

EXTENSION OF THE 1.0 WORK GPCI FLOOR THROUGH 2017

NO ICD-10 DELAY
Senate to Vote When It Returns – CMS Issues Payment Advisory

The House of Representatives took what the House of Medicine rightfully can call a historic vote late in the evening of March 26 to really,