Wishing you a happy and healthy 2017 from all of us at ISASS! News and noteworthy information for December 2016: MACRA/QPP Survey ISASS Issues Policy Statement on Decompression with Interlaminar Stabilization President-Elect Trump Selects Congressman Price as HHS Secretary Congress Passes 21st Century Cures Act MACRA/QPP Survey The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act...
News and noteworthy information for November 2016: CMS Releases 2017 Final Physician Fee Schedule CMS Releases 2017 Final Hospital Outpatient and ASC Rule CMS Releases Final MACRA/Quality Payment Program Rule CMS Releases 2017 Final Physician Fee Schedule On November 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that...
On October 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA was bipartisan legislation signed into law in April 2015 to permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), streamline physician quality reporting programs, and provide incentive payments for physician...
On November 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System policy changes, quality provisions, and payment rates final rule. Please note that physician payment is made under the Physician Fee Schedule; hospitals are paid for outpatient services under...