CMS Issues Final Rule for Medicare Coverage of End-of-Life Talks Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will allow Medicare to reimburse physicians for end-of-life discussions with patients effective January 1, 2016. November 2, 2015 Medicare, News, Payment 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, end-of-life 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Increases Physician Payment by 0.5% in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule CMS recently released the 2016 proposed Medicare physician payment rule. The rule reflects the 0.5% increase in payment as of July 1, 2015, and the additional 0.5% increase in payment on January 1, 2016, recently adopted by Congress. July 27, 2015 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, News, Payment 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Geographic Adjustment Factors, Medicare physician payment rule, MPFS 0 0 Comment Read More »