Tag: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
-
2016 Election Reflections: Summary and Potential Impact on ACG Members Moving Forward
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / 2016 Election Reflections: Summary and Potential Impact on ACG Members Moving ForwardThe 2016 elections have come and gone. Donald Trump will be the next United States President and Republicans will maintain…
-
CMS Releases CY 2017 Medicare Outpatient Facility Rates and Physician Fee Schedule
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Releases CY 2017 Medicare Outpatient Facility Rates and Physician Fee ScheduleThis week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2017 Medicare facility fees for the hospital outpatient…
-
CMS Releases Final MACRA Rule
Highly Anticipated MACRA Final Rule Hits October 14, 2016 – Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released…
-
GI Societies Meet with CMS on Sedation
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / GI Societies Meet with CMS on SedationGI Societies Meet with CMS on Sedation R. Bruce Cameron, MD, FACG ACG Representative to the AMA’s RVS Update Committee…
-
CMS Announcement: Easing MACRA requirements for CY 2017
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Announcement: Easing MACRA requirements for CY 2017This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Agency will ease reporting restrictions and potential…
-
ACA Back in the News: a good time for some updated statistics for ACG members
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / ACA Back in the News: a good time for some updated statistics for ACG membersThis week, Aetna announced that the company intends to withdraw most of its “2017 public exchange expansion plans” and undergo…
-
CMS Provides Guidance on PQRS Feedback Reports and the PQRS Informal Review Process for 2015 Results: What ACG members need to know
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Provides Guidance on PQRS Feedback Reports and the PQRS Informal Review Process for 2015 Results: What ACG members need to knowEach year, physicians and group practices receive “PQRS feedback reports” detailing whether they satisfactorily participated in PQRS, or whether they…
-
CMS Releases Rules with Proposed 2017 Medicare Facility Fee Rates and Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rates
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Releases Rules with Proposed 2017 Medicare Facility Fee Rates and Physician Fee Schedule Proposed RatesOn Wednesday, CMS released the 2017 proposed rule that includes policy and payment changes for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment…
-
CMS Moderate Sedation Plans Will Tighten the Pressure on Medicare Reimbursement
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Moderate Sedation Plans Will Tighten the Pressure on Medicare ReimbursementGI has been feeling the squeeze on Medicare reimbursement for several years, and it just got somewhat tighter. by R.…
-
Meaningful Use in 2016: Practice Management Conundrum?
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Meaningful Use in 2016: Practice Management Conundrum?“Advancing Care Information” requirements will replace Meaningful Use beginning in 2017. What’s more, Congress passed legislation last year that allows…