Federal Update This update covers the following issues: • Medicare MACRA Implementing Regulation • Medicare 2017 Physician Fee Schedule Regulation + CA GPCI/Locality Update • Veteran’s Administration Advanced Practice RN Scope of Practice Expansion • Department of Education Medical Student Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program • Physician Reimbursement Rate Reduction for Medicare Part B Drugs • Opioid Update: Congressional and HHS Action • Additional Legislation July 29, 2016 News MACRA, Opioid Update 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Publishes MACRA Resource Center To help physicians understand the MACRA payment reforms and what they can do now to start preparing for the transition, CMA has published a MACRA Resource Center. July 18, 2016 CMA, Medicare, Payment, Physician Resource CMA, MACRA, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Update: Guest Blog by Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH Guest blogger, Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of CMS Region 9 provides an update on MACRA. June 24, 2016 EHR, Guest Blog, Medicaid, Medicare Ashby Wolfe, CMS, EHR, MACRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) Action Kit The AMA has prepared a "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) Action Kit" to help educate physicians on the law and begin to prepare physicians' practices for MACRA. June 17, 2016 Medicare MACRA, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for MACRA CMS released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Supported by a bipartisan majority and stakeholders, such as patient and medical associations, the MACRA legislation ended more than a decade of last-minute fixes and potential payment cliffs for Medicare doctors and clinicians. It also made numerous improvements to America’s health care system. April 28, 2016 News CMS, MACRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
