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The direction of major health care programs, from insurance exchanges to Medicaid expansion, may be a step closer to course reversal after President-elect Donald Trump tabbed new leaders for two key federal posts.
As the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hangs in the balance, readers of Part B News weighed in on the impact of possible seismic changes.
You’ll find new opportunities to code for services related to care management and behavioral health in 2017, according to the final 2017 Medicare physician fee schedule released Nov. 2. CMS finalized a suite of HCPCS codes for physician-led behavioral health services, two complex chronic care management (CCM) codes, initiating visit codes and more.
By now you've likely caught wind of the small, 2,400-page final rule CMS issued Oct. 14 that puts a finishing touch or two on CMS' new era of quality reporting and value-based payments.
You’ll find relaxed reporting requirements for year one of the federal Quality Payment Program (QPP) as CMS appears to be taking a toned-down approach to kick off its new era of quality reporting.

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