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Society Advocacy Helps PALTC Clinicians as CMS Releases Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rules

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
November 7, 2019
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rules. Below is a summary of some of the policies CMS finalized. Physician Fee...

CMS Holding Some Skilled Nursing Facility Claims

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Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
November 7, 2019
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has undertaken the implementation of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), it is holding a limited number of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) claims while making further refinements to its...

Bill Correctly for Medicare Telehealth Services

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
November 7, 2019
In a recent report , the Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly paid practitioners for some telehealth claims associated with services that did not meet Medicare...

Bipartisan Workforce Legislation Passes House; Expands Federal Geriatrics Training Programs

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Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the House of Representatives passed legislation—the EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 2781)—that would reauthorize federal geriatrics workforce programs. The bill was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Michael C. Burgess (R-...

House Passes Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

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Hospice, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the House of Representatives passed H.R. 647, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). The bipartisan bill, authored by Reps. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), and Buddy Carter (R-GA), supports palliative...

Society Joins Other Physician Organizations in Addressing Executive Order on Medicare

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Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association and many other national and state medical societies, sent a letter to Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning language in a recent...

Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Submission Deadline Reminder

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Staffing data from July 1-September 30 must be submitted no later than 45 days from the end of the quarter. The final submission deadline for this quarter is November. Only data successfully submitted by the deadline is considered timely and used on...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS 2019 Web-Based Training Courses

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted six Continuing Medical Education (CME) modules on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Access them by logging into the Medicare Learning Network Learning Management System ...

APM Incentive Payment Details Now Available on QPP.CMS.GOV

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
The QPP website has been updated to include 2019 Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Payment details. Clinicians and surrogates can now log in to the QPP website using their HARP credentials to see their APM Incentive Payment details. In...

The Society and ASCP Issue Joint Letter on Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home to House Ways and Means

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
October 25, 2019
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) have issued a joint letter in response to a House Ways Means Committee inquiry made by Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) on the...