Medical Societies Urge Congress to Vote to Eliminate Cuts in 2024 Physician Reimbursement A coalition of professional medical societies, including ISASS, submitted a letter on November 16, 2023, to members of the US Congress urging them to take action in December 2023 to avoid the imposition of a 3% reduction in physician payments. The announced...

CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule On November 2, CMS released its calendar year (CY) 2024 final rule for the physician fee schedule. The rule will cut the conversion factor by 3.4%, from $33.89 in CY 2023 to $32.74 in CY 2024. This cut reflects the expiration of the 2.5% statutory payment...

CMS Announces No Surprises Act Updates On October 6, 2023, CMS announced that it has reopened the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) portal for new single and bundled (but not batched) claims under the No Surprises Act process. The IDR portal had been suspended on August 3 for all claims, and on September 21, the portal...

House of Representatives Subcommittee Holds Hearings on Medicare Payment Policies On October 19, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives, despite not have a Speaker of the House, held a meeting of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Representative Frank Pallone (R) of New Jersey. During the meeting, Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, Director,...