Tag: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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ICD-10 Transition, "No Big Deal"…..but is it over?
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / ICD-10 Transition, "No Big Deal"…..but is it over?The much publicized and anticipated International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) transition has come…
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Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Proposal Would Cut Reimbursement for GI Practices and Infusion
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement Proposal Would Cut Reimbursement for GI Practices and InfusionThis week, ACG submitted formal comments to CMS regarding an ill-advised proposal to change the reimbursement formula for physician-administered drugs,…
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GIQuIC: the Bridge Between Public Policy and Practice Management
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / GIQuIC: the Bridge Between Public Policy and Practice ManagementThis week, GIQuIC announced that the registry database has surpassed 3 million colonoscopies. The growth in procedures has been driven…
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“Sunshine” Payments: Review and Dispute Periods End May 15th
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / “Sunshine” Payments: Review and Dispute Periods End May 15thCMS announced the beginning of the 45 day Open Payments (“sunshine payments”) review and dispute period. This period ends May…
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Making $ense of MACRA
CMS….SGR… MACRA… MIPS… APMs… QCDRs… ACOs… Why does Washington D.C. love acronyms and complicated payment systems? What the heck is…
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“Sunshine” Payments: Review and Dispute Periods End May 15th
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / “Sunshine” Payments: Review and Dispute Periods End May 15thCMS announced the beginning of the 45 day Open Payments (“sunshine payments”) review and dispute period. This period ends May…