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4 big reasons why your practice can’t ignore the Physician Quality Reporting System
12/09/2013
by: Grant Huang
It wasn’t hard to avoid payment cuts under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) in 2013 and earlier, but the program will force you to do more in 2014 or take a 2% pay cut in 2016, a Part B News analysis shows.
CMS: Some practices could miss out on new chronic care payment in 2015
12/09/2013
by: Roy Edroso
CMS left some key details hanging on its proposed chronic care code in the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule — and it also dropped hints that some practices may not be able to bill it.
 
Relaxed HPSA rules allow more rural practices to capture telehealth dollars
12/09/2013
by: Roy Edroso
CMS made some changes to telehealth requirements that will mean more money for some rural providers.
Mental health providers win under new fee schedule; labs see payment cuts
12/09/2013
by: PBN staff
Payment rates in the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule will be good news to mental health specialists but bad news for diagnostic testing facilities.
Benchmark: 5-year payment analysis shows leveling off for 99203–99205, 99213–99215
12/09/2013
by: Karen Long
Common office visit codes that had seen double-digit increases between 2009 and 2013 show negligible changes in the final 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule, a Part B News analysis shows.
Online only: CMS finalizes changes to therapy cap, screening tests, Physician Compare
12/09/2013
by: PBN staff
Prepare your practice for 2014 by studying these changes CMS made to various policies.
Online only: Medicare delays incident-to, e-prescribing provisions in 2014 fee schedule
12/09/2013
by: Julia Kyles
CMS has given you and itself a little breathing room by delaying the effective date for 24 of the provisions in the 2014 physician fee schedule.
2014 final Medicare physician fee schedule
12/09/2013
Final 2014 fee schedule released: CMS finalizes smaller rate cut, allows telehealth for TCM
11/27/2013
by: Part B News staff
CMS softened the blow to the physician rate cut – dropping it from 24.4% in the proposed rule to 20.1% in the final Medicare physician fee schedule released Nov. 27 – but that still means steep cuts if Congress doesn’t approve a doc fix.
 
ICD-10 “testing week” not enough to prep providers for deadline, experts say
11/25/2013
by: Roy Edroso
CMS now offers a “testing week” in March after previously declining to give providers end-to-end ICD-10 testing with contractors. But experts say CMS will have to do better — and some think provider pressure will eventually get them to do so.
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