The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a webinar, CDC and CMS Present Stories from the Field: Immunization Strategies for Long-term Care, on Wednesday, January 31,...
Please join Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team, who will highlight CMS’ key 2023 accomplishments and look ahead to how CMS’ 2024 priorities will advance the CMS Strategic...
As described in the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) broadened the opportunities for the public to provide feedback on MVP candidates from 30 days to 45 days...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened data submission for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2023 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Data can be...
The deadline for MIPS-eligible clinicians to apply for an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship exception is January 2, 2024. This application is relevant to the 2023 MIPS performance period, which will affect Medicare payments in...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved a 3.37% cut to Medicare physician payments for 2024. If Congress doesn’t act before the year ends, these proposed cuts will go into effect, worsening patients’ access to care...
For flu, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines furnished on or after July 1, 2023, to patients staying in a Medicare Part A-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF), immunizers can no longer bill Medicare directly. Typical SNF consolidated billing...
See ZIP Codes designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas in 2024 that are eligible for a Medicare Physician Bonus: Visit Physician Bonuses Review the Health Professional Shortage Area Physician Bonus Program fact sheet Use the Medicare...
Download your December Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program from iQIES , including the incentive payment multiplier CMS will apply to your Part A claims in FY 2024. Submit...
The CDC has issued a food safety alert regarding an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to cantaloupes . The CDC is concerned about this outbreak because the illnesses are severe, and people in long-term care facilities and childcare centers...
