CMS to Apply MIPS Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy for the 2021 Performance Year On November 11, 2021, CMS announced they are applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy to ALL individually eligible MIPS clinicians for the 2021 performance year (PY). Please note that this announcement is for P...
CMS Releases 2022 Outpatient Prospective Payment System/ Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule On November 2, 2022, CMS released a final rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System. Price Transparency Beginning January 1, 2022, CMS will increase the penalty for some hospitals that...
CMS Releases 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule On November 2, 2021, CMS published a proposed rule for the 2022 calendar year (CY) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). CY 2022 PFS Rate Setting and Medicare Conversion Factor The final conversion factor for 2022 is $33.5983, which reflects the expiration of the 3.75% increase for...
Read the Fall 2021 Issue of “Vertebral Columns” The fall issue of Vertebral Columns continues to build on the themes of past issues by focusing on clinically relevant content for spine surgeons everywhere. In this issue, contributors make the case for an integrated spine surgery residency, highlight findings regarding minimally invasive techniques for revision lumbar...