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CMS receives backlash from Provider Groups over Inadequate Inpatient Care Pay Update
Hospital groups are expressing their disdain for CMS’ payment update for inpatient providers, claiming that it is “woefully inadequate.” This proposal has sparked fierce opposition from provider groups who feel that it will leave many hospitals struggling financially. In this article, we will take a closer look at the payment update and how it will…
Read MoreCMS Releases Final 2023 Physician Fee Reimbursements
Despite the input of healthcare facilities, physicians, and health-related associations and societies, the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2023 will see a reduction in the face of the highest inflation rates in 40 years. The CMS conversion factor falls to $33.0067 in 2023 — down from $34.6062 in 2022 — resulting in approximately…
Read MoreProposed CMS 2023 Cuts Threaten Healthcare
Once again, proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cuts to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 threaten healthcare in the United States. The American College of Radiology (ACR) posted the five most likely CMS proposals to impact radiology practices in 2023. The CMS’s proposals became public on July 7. Physicians Fee Schedule…
Read MoreCMS Expands LDCT Screening for Lung Cancer
CMS announced on February 10 their final decision for coverage of low-dose CT lung cancer screenings. The new guidelines lower the screening age from 55 to 50 and reduce the smoking history pack years from 30 to 20. The decision expands eligibility for Medicare beneficiaries so that those from age 50 up to 77 and…
Read MoreCMS Requires COVID-19 Vaccination by January 4th for Facilities that Accept Medicare and Medicaid
CMS announced an emergency order requiring every healthcare facility, who participates in Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure that all eligible employees receive COVID-19 vaccination by January 4, 2022. The emergency order applies to approximately 76,000 facilities that employ more than 17 million healthcare workers. Applicable facilities include: Ambulatory Surgery Centers Clinics Community Mental Health…
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