CMS Announces Revisions to Quality Payment Program On May 20, 2021, CMS announced that the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Cost Performance Category under the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) incentive program will be reweighted to 0% of the final score even if eligible physicians or groups submitted 2020 data in other MIPS categories...
ISASS Comments on Payer Coverage Policy on Intraoperative Monitoring ISASS submitted comments to Cigna on a draft coverage policy and literature review regarding intraoperative monitoring (IONM). The letter was a joint letter with other spine surgery societies, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. In the comment letter, the...
CMS Releases 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule On April 27, 2021, CMS issued a proposed rule (CMS-1752-P) for inpatient and long-term care hospitals that builds on the Biden Administration’s key priorities to close health care equity gaps and provide greater accessibility to care. Major provisions in the proposed rule would fund medical residency...
ISASS Provides Comments to CMS on Medicare Prior Authorization Policies ISASS jointed a broad coalition, included the Medical Device Manufacturing Association, in submitting a letter on April 7, 2021, to CMS on growing concerns over the expansion of “prior authorization” requirements in Medicare. This letter echoed concerns conveyed in a bipartisan letter sent to CMS late last year. More...