On October 2,  ISASS and 118 state and specialty societies wrote to Congress urging the enactment of legislation to ensure that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has the flexibility to continue a transitional approach to the implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...

News and noteworthy information for September 2017: ISASS Comments on 2018 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule ISASS Comments on Proposed Hospital Outpatient and ASC Rule Quality Payment Program – Pick Your Pace – Avoid Losing 4% of your Medicare Reimbursements Regulatory Relief Initiatives ISASS Comments on 2018 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule On July 13, 2017, the...

On July 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System policy changes, quality provisions, and payment rates proposed rule. CMS will issue the final 2018 rule by November 1, 2017. (Please note that physician payment is made...

On July 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that updates payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2018. The PFS pays for services furnished by physicians and other practitioners in all sites...