JD Supra

CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Big Strides for Behavioral Health

On November 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year (CY) 2023. CMS finalized several ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Medicare Fee Schedule Expands Access to Some Services but Cuts Physician Reimbursement 4.5%

The 2023 Physician Fee Schedule final rule was released and swiftly drew condemnations from physician leaders because of a 4.5% cut to reimbursement. CMS released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) ...
Health Affairs

Are Changes To The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Driving Value In US Health Care?

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is a big deal. The fee schedule determines what services are covered for what price. When setting the fee schedule, policymakers seek to balance a number of goals ...
Fierce Healthcare

Physician groups decry finalized Medicare payment cuts for 2024 as expenses rise

The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...
JD Supra

Is Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reform on the Horizon?

The decreasing value of Medicare reimbursements for physicians has caught the attention of a group of doctors in Congress. Our Heath Care Group explains how draft legislation would stabilize the ...
Yahoo

New Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth Services

Physicians who treat people on Medicare just got a major update: They will be getting a 2.5 percent pay increase thanks to the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. It officially takes effect January ...
Medscape

New Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Leaves Docs Fuming Over Pay Cuts

Medicare's recently-announced 2023 physician payment rule likely trims doctors' pay even as it aims to expand patients' access to behavioral health services, chronic pain management, and hearing ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS proposes 3.6% pay bump for docs, takes aim at chronic conditions in physician fee schedule

The Trump administration is proposing a pay bump for physicians in 2026, alongside new reforms that align with the agency's Make America Healthy Again positioning. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Therapy teams take note: CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

CMS finalized standard technical proposals involving practice expense, including the implementation of the second year of the clinical labor pricing update. Per statutory requirements, they also ...
Healio

Medicare payment, physician fee schedule among top nephrology policy news of 2023

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Healio has compiled a list of its most-read policy and ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

Medicare’s first-year payments for social needs showed high use by primary care but many claims were denied

In 2024, the first year Medicare paid for services that address patients’ health-related social needs, most care came from primary care doctors in office settings, but more than one in four claims ...