…patients. CMS estimates that since January 2019, the healthcare system will save an estimated 40 million hours and $5.7 billion through 2021 from reduced administrative burdens. These estimated savings…

…Patients and Communities Act. The proposed standards would begin in January 2021. If finalized, all Medicare Part D plans would be required to support electronic prior authorization transaction standards…

…year for organizations that want to align beneficiaries to meet the minimum beneficiary requirements. Performance periods will begin January 2021 and will be five years. The CMS Innovation Center…

…corrective action plan, and imposing civil monetary penalties), and a process for hospitals to appeal these penalties. CMS is finalizing that these policies would be effective January 1, 2021….

…co-sponsored an application for new Category III (emerging technology) codes to report fluoroscopic and computed tomographic guided percutaneous injection of allogenic cellular and/or tissue-based product. The application was accepted…

…(QPP), CMS finalized the creation of five new, optional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways for reporting beginning in 2024. CMS also finalized its proposal to increase the…