CMS To Publicly Release Medicare Physician Payment Data On April 2, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will release Medicare physician payment data to the public for the first time. April 3, 2014 AMA, Medicare, News AMA, Medicare, CMS, Medicare physician payment data 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Status Update: March 13, 2014 Discussions about repealing the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula continued yesterday on Capitol Hill. S. 2122 and H.R. 4209 introduced. March 13, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, News HR 4209, SGR, S 2122 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Update March 11, 2014: Update on new developments in the House and Senate with respect to the SGR repeal legislation. March 12, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, News HR 4015, S 2110, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Repeal Gaining Momentum; 3/5 National Call to Action Congress is closer than ever before to enacting legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. San Francisco physicians are asked to contact members of Congress today to urge them to act on this vitally important legislation and repeal the SGR. February 25, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine grassroots advocacy, Medicare sustainable growth rate, repeal SGR, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMA: ICD-10 Implementation To Be Significantly More Costly New estimates of costs to implement the federally mandated ICD-10 code set by October could be up to three times more than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study published by the American Medical Association. February 12, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Practice Management ICD-10, AMA 0 0 Comment Read More »