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02/16/2026
Medicare patients can continue to receive telehealth services from home for the next two years, thanks to the latest extension of popular waivers that were introduced during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
02/16/2026
Having converted from CMS’ Direct Contracting model in 2023, ACO REACH is converting again by 2027 to a model called Long-term Enhanced ACO Design, or LEAD. Details are still emerging but CMS promises, and experts expect, that the new model will expand REACH’s appeal to smaller practices, particularly those with high-needs populations.
02/16/2026
The January Open Payments update shows an uptick in the number of disputed records. That’s a reminder that covered recipients, including physicians and non-physician practitioners (NPP), should check the information that group purchasing organizations, pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies report to CMS before the agency publishes it.
02/16/2026
Question: How has the 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, effective Jan. 1, 2026, affected coding of advanced primary care management (APCM)?
02/16/2026
Documenting the same time for every patient encounter can raise red flags during audits and increases risk for practitioners. Those warnings were issued during the CPT & RBRVS 2026 Annual Symposium’s question and answer session for Medicare contractor medical directors (CMD).
02/16/2026
More big embezzlement charges against medical practice managers serve as a reminder that it’s too easy for a practice to lose money when basic safeguards aren’t in place.
02/16/2026
CMS’ Open Payments website has undergone a makeover, and its latest (2024) numbers for payments to physicians from “applicable manufacturers or applicable GPOs” (including drug and device manufacturers) are available there. More money changed hands in 2024 than in 2018, the earliest year for which numbers are publicly available. But it may be less than you expected.

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