VA Responds to Stakeholder Input Regarding Effort to Streamline Reporting/Coding On July 29, 2021, ISASS and other organizations representing state medical associations and medical specialty societies raised several concerns…

…and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to the Doctors and Clinicians section of Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC). CMS is required to report eligible clinicians’…

Bill Introduced in Congress to Limit Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization On May 21, 2021, House Bill 3173 (117th Congress), which seeks to cut red tape on prior authorizations in…

…from Altarum, a private research organization that focuses on health policy. Health spending was 17.7% of GDP in 2019 and increased by 4.6% from 2018 spending to $3.8 trillion…

Kaiser Health News Article Raises Questions About New Medicare Site of Service Policy In an article published March 23, 2021, Kaiser Health News (KHN) questioned the impact of the…

Trump Administration Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests to States On September 28, 2020, President Trump announced a plan to distribute 150 million rapid coronavirus tests…

F-1 and M-1 Student and Exchange Visa Restriction Plan Rescinded by Trump Administration On July 6, 2020, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to temporary exemptions…

…20 to August 3, 2020. The HHS is distributing approximately $15 billion to eligible physicians who have not previously received a payment from the Provider Relief Fund. The payment…

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, health care workers in Seoul Medical Center commemorated the 100th day since the first appearance of a COVID-19 patient in South Korea. As of…

…this time of emergency and seeks to hold organizations harmless for not submitting data during this period. Click here for the CMS press release. 1585577066:6 6 default 1 1…

…as part of a Medicare shared savings program or accountable care organization; (3) services provided under a CMS Innovation Center model; or (4) services provided by an integrated multi-specialty…

…organization in the United States created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, Washington D.C. and five U.S. territories. NAIC is currently working to update…