…by the federal government to states, tribes, and other jurisdictions in the coming months. Experts praised the news as a welcome endorsement of the importance of rapid and widely…

…the fifth straight time. The penalties pit hospitals against one another in a race to prevent the most infections, blood clots, cases of sepsis, bedsores, hip fractures and other…

CMS Releases Updated Rules on COVID-19 Vaccine and Therapeutics Proposed Rule On October 28, CMS finalized a fourth COVID-19 Interim Final Rule with Comment, which provides coverage and payment…

…and underserved communities to address workforce shortages and require hospitals to report COVID-19 vaccination rates among their workers to contain the spread of the virus. In accordance with the…

…CMS proposed in the July 2019 Proposed Rule, the final rule announced the adoption of the AMA Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) recommended values for the…

…& Families/Administration for Community Living. 6. Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, was named counselor to the secretary. 7. Laurence Wilson was chosen as advance representative in the Office of the…

…by the CPT Editorial Panel, they go before the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC), also convened by the AMA, to be valued. For more information on the RUC process…

For the first time, the federal government has made public chargemaster data for the 100 most common Medicare inpatient diagnostic related groups or DRGs. The data show that hospital…

…recommendation in the proposed rule. However, CMS also indicated they will consider additional written comments from stakeholders on whether CPT code 27279 should be assigned a higher work RVU…

…practices and recommendations for pain management. The report comes after one year of regular meetings with the task force, which was authorized by section 101 of the Comprehensive Addiction…

Over-the-counter and prescription pain medications are one of the most common non-surgical treatments for temporary relief of spinal conditions that cause both acute and chronic back pain and/or neck…

…Committee (RUC) surveys for the physician office visit code set (99202-99215, 99XXX). Components of the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule are physician work, practice expense and professional liability insurance. These…