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08/17/2026
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 blocks CMS from eliminating 10- and 90-day global surgery periods. While the agency can’t take that drastic step, it continues to study the gap between provider effort and provider reimbursement for services with a post-operative period.
08/10/2026
Practitioners worry they may no longer be able to offer remote monitoring services to their patients under changes outlined in the proposed 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule issued July 14.
08/10/2026
CMS intends to introduce multiple new codes next year, according to the proposed 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule. For example, CMS proposed a new code for group clinical visits. The agency is also considering codes for advance care planning (ACP) services by clinical staff, assessment and treatment of patients who have a reaction to a vaccination and speech-language services for pediatric patients.
08/10/2026
A federal program meant to keep Part D premiums from spiking is being rescinded. Expect patients to approach with concerns about paying for the drugs you prescribe.
08/10/2026
Keep an eye on some of the finer details of Medicare’s Part B rulemaking process. The proposed 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule, released July 14, is smaller in length than usual, but it contains numerous policymaking and fee schedule changes. The Part B News coverage continues below.
08/10/2026
The 2027 Part B conversion factor is down between 1.2% and 1.7% depending on whether your group is working as an advanced alternative payment model (APM), according to CMS’ proposals. That will have an impact on high-volume services that are reported with frequency.
08/03/2026
Next year’s CPT manual will include new surgical implants to address knee pain and heart failure, repair diaphragm hernias and excise pharyngeal neoplasms.
08/03/2026
CMS is again proposing to modify the cost inputs that help determine physician fees for Part B services. The agency seeks to make additional tweaks to how it determines indirect practice expense work relative value units (RVU).
08/03/2026
CMS will cover the full range of office/other outpatient E/M visits and relax its virtual presence requirements if it finalizes two proposed changes to its teaching physician rules.
08/03/2026
Payment for group E/M visits could be an option in 2027, but practices would need to navigate a variety of restrictions and requirements if CMS finalizes the draft plan in the proposed 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule.

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